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Spot Forecast for Salida RX...Salida Fire Department
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
920 AM MDT Thu Mar 12 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0939 MDT on March 12.
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.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

Elevated fire weather conditions are expected for today, with
gusty west winds persisting well into the overnight hours. Gusts
to 40 mph are likely through the afternoon and evening. Winds are
slightly weaker tomorrow, and will become more northwesterly.
Humidity values are likely to fall into the mid to upper teens
this afternoon, with 12-15% and Red Flag conditions expected for
tomorrow. In short, today will be windier, but tomorrow will be
drier, and still windy. Overnight recoveries will be poor, with
values only reaching back into to 40% range or so.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....65-67F.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 20-24 mph with gusts to around 40
                    mph.
Mixing height.......7000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 18 mph until 1000, then northwest
                    around 37 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair until 1000. Excellent after 1100.

TIME (MDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........12  11  11  10  11  12  13  16  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............34  43  52  60  63  65  66  66  66
RH..............41  30  23  18  16  15  15  15  15
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..20  20  20  24  24  24  24  24  24
20 FT wind gust.35  35  35  40  40  40  39  39  39
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 4.0 5.0 6.0 6.5 6.5 7.0 6.5 6.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.18  30  36  39  40  43  37  37  37
SDspl kt-ft/100041  100 152 201 223 249 218 214 206

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....36-38F.
Max humidity........39-44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 18-22 mph with gusts to around 36
                    mph until 0300, then 8-12 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft agl until 1900, then 2500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent until 1900, then fair until 2000,
                    then poor.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........21  20  19  17  15  12  10  12  15  18  16  15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............64  59  55  53  49  48  47  44  42  40  39  38
RH..............16  19  22  24  28  29  30  33  36  39  40  42
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..22  22  22  15  15  15  14  14  14  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.36  36  36  29  29  29  26  26  26  23  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...6.0 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.31  22  21  18  17  17  16  16  15  15  14  15
SDspl kt-ft/1000159 51  39  33  30  30  28  27  25  25  23  25

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....67-69F.
Min humidity........12 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 18-22 mph with gusts to around 35
                    mph.
Mixing height.......3500 ft agl until 1100, then 8500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 30 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0700. Excellent after 1200.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13  11  10  8   8   8   7   8   8   9   13  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............37  38  39  40  46  54  61  65  67  67  68  68
RH..............44  42  40  39  31  23  18  15  14  13  12  14
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12  18  18  18  22  22  22  22  22  22
20 FT wind gust.21  21  21  28  28  28  33  33  33  35  35  35
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 4.0 5.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 9.0 8.5 8.0
Transp wind dir.W   SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.14  15  17  18  22  26  30  31  31  32  31  31
SDspl kt-ft/1000.23 26  35  42  77  125 178 202 220 247 227 216

$$
Forecaster...EHR
Requested by...Chris Bainbridge
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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