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Spot Forecast for Interlaken Wildfire...USFS
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
958 AM MDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 MDT on July 05.
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...

Quiet weather is expected over the next couple of days at the burn site
with dry weather expected.  Northwesterly flow this afternoon will likely
be breezy, with gusts near 20 mph expected this afternoon.  Winds will
weaken overnight and turn westerly at around 5 mph.  Very similar weather
conditions are forecast for Saturday, with winds not quite as strong out
of the northwest.  Chances for precipitation will return to the burn site
Sunday and into early next week.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....66F.
Min humidity........8-13 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 12 mph with gusts 17 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......11500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good until 1200, then excellent.
Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   6   7   8   4   4   9   10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............55  59  62  62  64  65  65  66
RH..............23  17  15  14  13  13  14  14
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..9   9   12  12  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.14  14  17  17  18  19  18  17
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.5   5   7   7   7   7   7   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.8   8   10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...7.5 8.5 9.5 10  11  12  12  12
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.16  20  22  21  22  22  20  21
Haines index....6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
SDspl kt-ft/1000103 148 184 184 204 215 198 204

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....39F.
Max humidity........40-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 12 mph until 2100, then
                    west 3 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......9500 ft agl until 2000, then 1500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent until 1900, then very good until
                    2000, then poor.
Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........10  9   4   7   6   4   6   7   5   7   8   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............65  62  60  55  51  50  47  44  43  42  40  40
RH..............16  19  21  27  32  33  38  41  43  44  46  46
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12  5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.17  17  17  7   7   7   5   5   5   5   5   5
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.7   7   7   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  10  4   4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...11  8.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.20  16  10  8   8   6   6   7   7   8   7   8
Haines index....6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
SDspl kt-ft/1000175 122 14  10  10  7   7   9   9   10  9   10

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....67F.
Min humidity........10-15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 3 to 6 mph until 0900, then west 11-15 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft agl until 0900, then 11000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0700. Excellent after 1200.
Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   6   4   2   4   5   7   6   5   4   7   9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............39  42  47  52  57  61  63  65  66  66  67  67
RH..............44  43  37  32  25  20  18  17  16  16  16  16
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   10  10  10  13  13  13  15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.12  12  12  20  20  20  24  24  24  28  28  28
Eye lvl wnd dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   3   6   6   6   8   8   8   9   9   9
Eye lvl wnd gst.7   7   7   12  12  12  14  14  14  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.5 2.5 4.0 7.5 9.0 10  11  11  11  11  11
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  12  15  17  21  21  20  20  21  21
Haines index....6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
SDspl kt-ft/100012  12  23  39  97  133 184 189 182 186 192 187

$$
Forecaster...MOZLEY
Requested by...Charles McGrail
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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