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Spot Forecast for West Inn...OTHER
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
217 PM MDT Thu Jul 25 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Upvalley winds will dominate until sunset, giving way to
light downslope/downvalley winds. Most shower activity today will be west
and southwest of the fire, but there is a 10% chance of a shower or
thunderstorm affecting the fire. Brief wind shifts are possible if a shower
is near, but speeds should remain under 25 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................2.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East to northeast or upvalley/upslope winds 5 to 10 mph
                    Gusty and erratic winds possible near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......11700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 10 mph until 1600.
Smoke dispersal.....Good.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........45  46  42  45
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   10
LAL.............2   2   2   2
Temp............85  86  84  84
RH..............17  16  18  19
20 FT wind dir..E   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   7
20 FT wind gust.9   10  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...12  12  11  10
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.7   6   7   8
Haines index....5   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..73  58  66  72
SmokeDispersion.G   F   G   G

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) until 0200, then
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers and thunderstorms until 2200.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................2 until 2200, then 1.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South to southeast winds 4 to 8 mph until 2400,
                    then becoming west by 0300. Gusty and erratic winds
                    possible near thunderstorms until 2400.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL until 1900. 2300 ft AGL after 2000.
Transport winds.....Light winds until 2000, then southwest 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair until 1900, 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 (%).........45  52  59  53  55  55  53  53  43  48  50  51
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............82  80  75  69  66  64  62  61  59  57  57  56
RH..............22  24  30  36  40  43  46  47  50  55  55  56
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..7   6   6   6   7   7   6   6   6   6   7   7
20 FT wind gust.10  8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...9.0 4.7 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
Transp wind dir.SE  N   W   SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.7   7   6   6   9   14  13  14  15  14  16  15
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..54  28  12  12  19  28  25  28  30  28  33  30
SmokeDispersion.F   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

$$
Forecaster...Gimmestad
Requested by...Kevin Garcia
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2418953.0/BOU
.DELDT 07/25/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kevin.garcia@jeffcom911.org