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Spot Forecast for Interlaken Fire...Colorado DFPC
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1000 AM MDT Wed Jun 19 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 MDT on June 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (719) 948-9429, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Expect an uptick in showers and thunderstorms for Thursday and
Friday with locally heavy rain possible both days in the afternoons
and evenings.  A few showers may linger into the overnight hours
Thursday night though heavier precipitation will be limited to the
day time hours.  Gusty erratic winds will be possible near thunderstorms
both days.  Drier and warmer weather will spread in again for the
weekend into early next week though isolated thunderstorms will be
possible at least into Saturday.  These will be less likely to produce
heavy rainfall.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny(46 percent). Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms until 1200. Chance of rain
                    showers. Chance of thunderstorms after 1200.
LAL.................1 until 1000, then 3 until 1200, then 4.
Max temperature.....75F.
Min humidity........21-26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South 5-9 mph until 0900, then south 10-20 mph
                    until 1400, then southwest 12-24 mph.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms after 1200.
Mixing height.......2500 ft agl until 0900, then 6500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....South around 14 mph until 1100, then around 18
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0800. Very good after 1200.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........43  36  30  27  36  50  63  63  63  63  64  65
Weather cov.....                SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
LAL.............1   1   1   1   3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4
Temp............44  47  54  59  66  71  73  75  75  75  74  72
RH..............89  83  69  60  43  34  29  26  26  26  28  31
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW   W
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   12  12  12  13  13  13  13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   15  15  15  18  18  18  17  17  17
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   5   9   9   9   11  11  11  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 2.0 3.0 4.5 6.0 7.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0
Transp wind dir.SE  S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.12  10  13  15  16  17  18  18  20  20  20  18
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
SDspl kt-ft/100018  18  35  56  82  107 135 127 127 119 112 98

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast wind 5-10 mph until 1000
the southwest 10-20 mph. Gusty erratic winds possible near thunderstorms
after noon.  Northwest 5-10 mph after 2100.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the mid 70s. West wind 6-15 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest 6-12
mph.

$$
Forecaster...TORGERSON
Requested by...Thaddeus A McKain
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416399.0/PUB
.DELDT 06/19/24
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