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Spot Forecast for Willow Fire...Type 3 Incident Management Team
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
149 PM MDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on July 31.
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...

Showers and thunderstorms will be possible through this evening with
the potential of producing locally heavy rainfall.  Although thunderstorm
coverage will not be as widespread as yesterday, if a storm does impact
the burn scar, localized flash flooding will be possible. Otherwise,
winds will be dominated by northwesterly directions until decoupling and
decreasing later this evening.  Drier air will work in from the west for
Friday.  Some cumulus build ups will be possible Friday afternoon though
any thunderstorms are more likely to stay east of the fire area.  Winds
will pick up again from the northwest around 10 to 20 mph in the
afternoon and evening.

It will trend warmer and remain mostly dry Saturday through Monday, with
another uptick in thunderstorms expected towards the middle of next week.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny until 1200, then mostly sunny(47
                    percent).
Max temperature.....70-75F.
Min humidity........19-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 4-8 mph until 1200, then northwest
                    10-20 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft agl until 0900. 10000 ft agl after
                    1000.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 11 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0800. Good after 1100.


.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy(59 percent) until 2200, then
                    partly cloudy(36 percent).
Min temperature.....44F.
Max humidity........79-84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 10-20 mph until 2000, then
                    southeast 6-12 mph.
Mixing height.......6500 ft agl until 2000, then 500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph until 2000, then south
                    around 7 mph until 0400, then southwest around
                    6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 2000, then poor.


.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....72-77F.
Min humidity........12-17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........west 3-7 mph until 0900, then northwest 10
                    to 22 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft agl until 0900. 11500 ft agl after
                    1000.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph until 0900, then north
                    around 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0700. Very good after 1100.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Northwest 5-15 mph.
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Northwest 5-15 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 40s. Highs in the mid 70s. West 10-20 mph.

$$
Forecaster...TORGERSON
Requested by...Mark Huff
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618605.2/PUB
.DELDT 07/30/26
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