Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
761 FNUS75 KBOU 261654 FWSBOU Spot Forecast for PINION COMMAND...COUNTY National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1054 AM MDT Wed Jun 26 2024 If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Light winds will be the norm until showers and thunderstorms move across the area. South to southwest is probably the preferred direction over the fire, and winds should be 5-10 mph until afternoon. The best chance of thunderstorms will be between 12-4 PM, with gusty and shifting winds 30-40 mph with the strongest showers and storms. The gusty winds should be short lived (10-20 minutes at a time) Lightning, small hail and brief moderate rain may occur with any storms that move over the fire. RH will be around 30 percent, but as showers and thunderstorms impact the area, RH will come up to at least 50%. Rain chances (40-60%) continue from 4-8 PM, though amounts should be light after the initial round of convection and lightning chances are lower. Tonight, RH will recover to 70 percent, and west winds 6-12 mph should occur all night long. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) until 1200, then mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1200 until 1600. Showers likely after 1600. CWR.................3 percent increasing to 52 percent. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 4. Max temperature.....Around 77. Min humidity........31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph until 1500. Southwest around 6 mph after 1700. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 1200. Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL until 1400, then 5200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 11 to 16 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair until 1200, then good until 1400, then fair. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........31 51 58 66 70 76 76 Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CWR.............0 20 30 30 40 50 50 LAL.............1 4 4 4 4 4 4 Temp............73 73 73 73 73 73 73 RH..............34 35 36 37 39 40 41 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE S S SW 20 FT wind spd..6 7 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.10 12 10 9 9 9 10 Mix hgt (kft)...5.9 7.1 7.5 4.7 5.3 4.3 4.0 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.12 13 14 13 12 12 13 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..59 79 90 52 53 43 44 SmokeDispersion.F G G F F F F $$ Forecaster...Schlatter Requested by...c52 Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416744.0/BOU .DELDT 06/26/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL gilpindispatch@gilpincounty.org