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Spot Forecast for Interlaken Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
352 AM MDT Tue Jun 25 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 MDT on June 25.
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...

Dry and warm conditions expected today with isolated high based showers
and thunderstorms possible in the late afternoon and early evening.  Coverage
will be more sparse today, but gusty erratic winds up to 45 mph will be possible
should one of these pass near the burn site.  A slightly better chance for
showers and thunderstorms will come on Wednesday with slightly cooler temperatures.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny(31 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers and thunderstorms after 1300.
LAL.................1 until 1500, then 3 until 1600, then 1.
Max temperature.....79F.
Min humidity........14-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5-15 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms after 1300.
Mixing height.......2500 ft agl until 1000, then 10500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 11 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900. Very good after 1100.
Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11  13  15  16  18  27  36  45  48  52
Weather cov.....                    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   2   2   3   2   2
Temp............55  60  64  69  71  76  77  78  74  72
RH..............47  42  32  25  21  21  19  19  19  22
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..2   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.7   14  14  14  16  16  16  15  15  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   8   8   8   10  10  10  9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 3.0 7.0 10  11  12  11  12  12  9.0
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   NW
Transp wind spd.6   8   12  14  14  13  12  12  10  12
Haines index....6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
SDspl kt-ft/10008   23  72  118 131 129 112 118 103 92

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy(53 percent) until 2000, then
                    partly cloudy(32 percent). Isolated thunderstorms
                    until 1900.
LAL.................2 until 1900 then 1.
Min temperature.....48F.
Max humidity........53-58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5-15 mph until 2200 then southwest
                    4-9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms until 1900.
Mixing height.......7000 ft agl until 2000, then 1500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 7 mph until 2200, then around 5
                    mph until 2300, then southeast until 0100, then
                    north until 0300, then south.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1900, then fair until 2000, then
                    poor.
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  51  46  41  41  40  40  33  26  19  20  20
Weather cov.....SCH
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........SCH
LAL.............2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............72  70  68  63  61  58  57  53  52  51  49  50
RH..............23  26  29  38  41  45  47  52  54  54  58  54
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  9   9   9   9   9   9   6   6   6
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   8   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4
Mix hgt (kft)...8.0 5.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Transp wind dir.NW  N   N   N   N   SE  S   NW  N   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  10  7   6   5   5   6   5   5   5   6   5
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
SDspl kt-ft/100073  50  9   7   6   6   7   6   6   6   7   6

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny(36 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers after 0900 until 1200, then chance of
                    rain showers and thunderstorms.
LAL.................1 until 1200, then 4.
Max temperature.....75F.
Min humidity........20-25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 5-12 mph until 1200, then southwest 8-20
                    mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms after 1200.
Mixing height.......2000 ft agl until 1000, then 4500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 6 mph until 0700. Around 8 mph
                    after 0900.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1100, then good until 1400, then
                    fair until 1500, then poor.
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 (%).........21  15  19  22  33  44  54  53  52  51  54  58
Weather cov.....            SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   4   4   4   4   4   4
Temp............48  51  56  61  66  69  73  75  71  68  66  65
RH..............58  54  49  42  34  30  25  27  30  34  40  43
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   6   6   6   8   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   12  12  12  16  16  16  16  16  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   1   1   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   7   7   7   10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 5.0 7.5 9.5 7.5 5.5 4.0 4.0 4.0
Transp wind dir.SW  W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W
Transp wind spd.6   6   7   7   8   10  12  10  9   8   8   9
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
SDspl kt-ft/10007   7   10  17  36  66  96  69  46  27  27  31

$$
Forecaster...TORGERSON
Requested by...Charles McGrail IC (t)
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416571.1/PUB
.DELDT 06/25/24
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