Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
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Spot Forecast for Rainbow Gulch RX Holding...USFS
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
534 AM MDT Sun Oct 11 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MDT on October 11.
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...
It will be dry with mainly partly cloudy skies over the burn area
during this forecast period.
The main concern will be the increasing 20 foot southwest winds
through this period as a Pacific storm well to our west continues
to intensify. The winds will be gusting to 30 to 40 mph today and
may gusts to 50 mph tonight.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny(54 percent).
Max temperature.....68F.
Min humidity........26-31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 12-16 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3500 ft agl until 1200, then 6500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then fair until 1100, then
good until 1300, then very good until 1700,
then good.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........80 79 77 72 70 68 66 57 49 40 34 28
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............52 51 49 52 57 61 64 67 68 68 68 67
RH..............56 61 66 59 49 42 38 34 33 31 32 33
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..13 13 13 14 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 16
20 FT wind gust.28 28 28 29 29 29 35 35 35 35 35 35
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.5 6.5 6.5 7.0 6.5 5.5
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.16 16 16 20 22 22 24 25 25 24 25 21
SDspl kt-ft/10008 10 14 33 53 79 115 139 142 143 147 99
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy(40%).
Min temperature.....47F.
Max humidity........56-61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 17-21 mph with gusts to around
48 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair until 1900, then poor.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........22 31 41 51 45 40 35 25 15 5 5 6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............63 59 56 56 55 54 53 53 51 51 49 49
RH..............38 45 51 51 55 57 59 59 61 59 58 55
20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..13 13 13 14 14 14 20 20 20 21 21 21
20 FT wind gust.32 32 32 41 41 41 48 48 48 48 48 48
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.16 15 17 18 20 23 25 26 26 26 24 23
SDspl kt-ft/100044 19 16 16 19 23 26 15 15 17 15 14
.COLUMBUS DAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....66F.
Min humidity........18-23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 18-22 mph with gusts to around
40 mph.
Mixing height.......6500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0700. Good after 1000.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6 5 4 3 5 7 9 8 7 6 5 4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............48 47 48 51 56 60 63 65 65 66 65 63
RH..............54 53 51 46 35 29 24 23 23 23 24 26
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..21 21 21 22 22 22 20 20 20 15 15 15
20 FT wind gust.40 40 40 38 38 38 36 36 36 32 32 32
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.5 6.5 6.5 7.0 5.5
Transp wind dir.W SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W
Transp wind spd.23 24 26 25 26 25 26 21 20 21 17 15
SDspl kt-ft/100012 17 30 50 72 90 112 102 106 120 108 74
$$
Forecaster...HODANISH
Requested by...Aaron Lund
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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