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Spot Forecast for La Plata...La Plata IC
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
146 PM MDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 30.
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 once again on Saturday,
any time after Noon. Main risks with storms tomorrow will include
heavy rain, lightning, small hail, and thunderstorm outflow winds
gusting to 50 mph. Storm motions will generally be WNW to ESE at
20 mph. Warmer and drier conditions are expected from Sunday into
Monday.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny(48 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers until 1200, then rain showers likely
                    and chance of thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....60-62F.
Min humidity........37-42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest around 9 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms after 1200.
Mixing height.......3000 ft agl until 1000, then 7500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1100, then fair until 1200, then
                    good.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........54  47  40  45  45  45  45  45  47  56  56  56
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Temp............39  36  40  49  54  56  57  58  59  60  59  58
RH..............85  100 96  77  61  55  53  49  45  42  44  47
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   6   6   6   8   8   8   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   10  10  10  14  14  14  16  16  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   2   2   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.4   4   4   6   6   6   8   8   8   10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 5.0 6.0 7.5 8.0 8.0 8.5 7.5 6.5
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.8   7   6   5   6   8   10  12  13  14  15  15
SDspl kt-ft/100014  13  13  15  25  43  67  78  90  103 99  86

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....31-33F.
Max humidity........80-85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 8 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms until 2400.
Mixing height.......5000 ft agl until 2000, then 2500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 6 mph until 0100, then around 4
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1900. Poor after 0200.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........22  19  17  14  11  11  6   8   9   11  11  12
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH
Temp............57  53  48  44  42  39  37  36  35  33  33  33
RH..............49  54  60  68  70  76  79  79  82  85  82  78
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.16  16  16  10  10  10  8   8   8   9   9   9
Eye lvl wnd dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   5   4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  10  6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 4.5 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Transp wind dir.NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  N
Transp wind spd.15  13  9   7   7   6   6   6   5   5   5   5
SDspl kt-ft/100071  47  25  12  12  10  10  10  8   8   8   8

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....66-68F.
Min humidity........21-26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......3500 ft agl until 1000, then 10000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0700. Good after 1400.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........12  10  7   5   5   4   6   9   15  20  19  19
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............32  37  42  46  51  57  62  64  65  67  66  65
RH..............82  72  70  65  54  42  34  30  29  26  27  28
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   7   7   7   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   9   9   9   13  13  13  15  15  15
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   5   5   5   5   8   8   8   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 5.5 7.0 9.0 9.5 10  11  10  9.0
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.5   5   6   6   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   10
SDspl kt-ft/10008   10  16  19  33  43  62  67  82  88  81  83

$$
Forecaster...EHR
Requested by...Walle IC4 (t)
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/29/25
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