Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
418 FNUS75 KPUB 181059 FWSPUB Spot Forecast for Oak Ridge...USFS National Weather Service Pueblo CO 459 AM MDT Thu Jul 18 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 MDT on July 18. 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... A cooler and wetter pattern will continue through Friday across the district with daily chances for showers and thunderstorms over the mountains, spreading off into the southeast plains during the evening hours. Locally heavy rainfall, hail, and strong outflow winds will be possible with the stronger storms. The cooler than normal weather pattern will persist into early next week. Thunderstorm chances will remain high over and near the mountains each day where a continued risk of locally heavy rainfall will remain each day. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny(53 percent). Showers and thunderstorms likely. LAL.................3 until 1300, then 4 until 1500, then 5 until 1700, then 4. Max temperature.....81F. Min humidity........27-32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Transport winds.....North around 12 mph until 1400, then northeast around 11 mph until 1600, then northwest around 9 mph until 1700, then east around 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1600, then fair. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........39 49 58 68 66 64 Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC LAL.............3 4 4 5 5 4 Temp............80 81 81 81 79 79 RH..............35 33 33 32 34 34 20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.10 10 10 9 9 9 Eye lvl wnd dir.E E E E E E Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 4 4 Eye lvl wnd gst.6 6 6 5 5 5 Transp wind dir.N N NE NE NW E Transp wind spd.12 12 12 10 9 10 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/100073 78 87 69 44 43 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy(61 percent) until 0100, then partly cloudy(36 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms until 2100, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms until 2300. LAL.................4 until 2100, then 3 until 2300, then 1. Min temperature.....59F. Max humidity........57-62 percent. Wind (20 ft)........light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms until 2300. Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph until 1900, then southwest around 9 mph until 2000, then northeast around 8 mph until 2100, then northwest around 9 mph until 2300, then west. Smoke dispersal.....Poor. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........62 63 64 65 62 60 57 47 36 26 28 30 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH LAL.............4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............77 75 71 66 64 63 61 61 61 61 61 61 RH..............36 38 44 54 56 58 62 60 60 57 56 56 20 FT wind dir..S S S W W W W W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 Eye lvl wnd dir.S S S W W W W W W W W W Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 Transp wind dir.NE SW NE NW W W W SW W W W W Transp wind spd.8 9 8 9 10 9 9 10 8 9 10 9 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100030 26 9 7 8 7 7 8 6 6 8 7 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny until 1200, then partly sunny(66 percent). Chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1200 until 1500, then showers and thunderstorms likely. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 4 until 1500, then 5. Max temperature.....82F. Min humidity........24-29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........light. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 1200. Transport winds.....West around 12 mph until 0900, then northwest. Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then good until 1700, then poor. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........32 27 22 17 23 29 54 54 62 76 77 79 Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 Temp............60 63 69 74 79 80 81 80 79 77 76 74 RH..............56 52 43 39 33 30 29 30 32 33 36 38 20 FT wind dir..W W W NW NW NW N N N NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Eye lvl wnd dir.W W W NW NW NW N N N NW NW NW Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Transp wind dir.W W NW NW N N N N N N N NW Transp wind spd.12 12 12 12 12 10 10 13 14 16 14 12 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SDspl kt-ft/10008 8 14 29 50 58 71 82 84 91 62 37 $$ Forecaster...Rodriguez Requested by...ICT 4 Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2418101.6/PUB .DELDT 07/18/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0