Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
891 FNUS75 KBOU 232033 FWSBOU Spot Forecast for Hell Canyon Fire...Estes Valley Fire Protection District National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 233 PM MDT Sun Jun 23 2024 If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. No hazardous weather expected today and tonight. This evening, southwest winds should shift westerly with speeds between 7-13 mph. Overnight. westerly winds could increase with occasional gusts between 10-15 mph. Relative humidities recover to between 53-57 percent tonight. By Monday morning, expect westerly winds to continue with speeds between 8-14 mph. It is possible by mid-day an isolated shower or storm could bring gusty and erratic winds briefly; If a shower or storm occurs, expect wind gusts up to 35 mph. Relative humidities to drop near 20-25 percent by Monday afternoon at the site. Outside of storms, westerly winds are expected through Monday night with speeds near 10-14 mph. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent) until 1600, then mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. CWR.................5 percent. LAL.................3 until 1700, then 1. Max temperature.....Around 79. Min humidity........22 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......9100 ft AGL until 1700, then 6100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest around 9 mph until 1600, then northwest 8 to 12 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1600. Fair after 1700. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........48 54 55 Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH CWR.............10 10 0 LAL.............3 3 2 Temp............77 76 75 RH..............23 25 26 20 FT wind dir..SW SW W 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...9.6 7.6 6.1 Transp wind dir.SW NW NW Transp wind spd.9 9 10 Haines index....5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..77 61 55 SmokeDispersion.G G F .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) until 2000, then partly cloudy (30-40 percent). CWR.................2 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 58. Max humidity........48 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 12 mph. Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL until 1900. Below 1000 FT AGL after 2000. Transport winds.....West 8 to 12 mph until 2000, then light until 2100, then west 8 to 17 mph until 0500, then around 18 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair until 1900. Poor after 2000. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........56 55 46 35 30 26 28 24 22 21 25 23 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............75 73 70 66 64 64 63 62 61 60 60 58 RH..............26 29 34 38 39 38 41 42 43 43 45 48 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 12 20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 12 12 12 13 15 15 16 16 18 Mix hgt (kft)...5.4 3.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.9 10 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..43 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SmokeDispersion.F P P P P P P P P P P P .MONDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-20 percent) until 1100, then partly cloudy (25-35 percent) until 1200, then mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1200. CWR.................10 percent. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 4. Max temperature.....Around 79. Min humidity........23 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 13 mph until 1200, then 5 to 13 mph until 1700, then around 8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 1200. Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0900, then 2900 ft AGL until 1000, then 7000 ft AGL until 1100, then 11100 ft AGL until 1300, then 7500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 12 to 20 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900, then fair until 1000, then good until 1200, then very good until 1300, then good until 1500, then very good until 1600, then good. Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........18 8 7 13 17 30 53 56 63 56 56 56 Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 Temp............60 63 67 73 75 77 78 77 77 74 74 74 RH..............48 43 37 29 26 24 23 25 24 28 28 28 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W NW W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..12 12 10 10 9 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 20 FT wind gust.18 18 16 16 15 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.5 2.9 7.0 9.9 11 8.5 8.0 6.2 6.0 6.4 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.18 17 16 16 14 12 12 12 13 20 14 12 Haines index....6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Vrate kt-ft/1K..0 0 6 41 84 99 112 85 88 106 72 64 SmokeDispersion.P P P F G G VG G G VG G G $$ Forecaster...AD Requested by...BC71 Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416566.0/BOU .DELDT 06/23/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL dispatchemail@estes.org