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Spot Forecast for Slaughterhouse...USFS
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
323 PM MDT Thu Jul 17 2025

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

.DISCUSSION...Showers and thunderstorms will be likely this afternoon
and early evening over the burn area.  This will also be the case
on Friday.  The rain could be heavy at times.  Outflow winds up to
30 mph are possible with the storms. Afternoon high temperatures
will be at or slightly above seasonal normals.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Showers and
                    thunderstorms likely until 1700, then chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms.
CWR.................25 percent.
Chance of thunder...56 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable up to 5 mph until 1700, then south
                    around 5 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........79  80
Weather cov.....LKY CHC
Weather type....RW  RW
Tstm cov........LKY CHC
CWR.............30  30
Chc of thdr (%).60  50
Temp............67  65
RH..............40  44
20 FT wind dir..SE  S
20 FT wind spd..3   5
20 FT wind gust.9   10
Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 5.0
Transp wind dir.S   SW
Transp wind spd.7   7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..33  30
SmokeDispersion.P   P

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) until 2400, then
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Chance of
                    thunderstorms until 2100. Chance of rain
                    showers until 2200, then slight chance of rain
                    showers until 2400.
CWR.................24 percent decreasing to 1 percent.
Chance of thunder...35 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 13 mph until 2000. West 10 to
                    15 mph after 0400. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms until 2100.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL until 1900. Below 1000 FT AGL after
                    2100.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 14 mph until 2200, then west 11
                    to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........78  84  80  80  69  62  50  50  40  40  39  27
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............20  20  20  20  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).40  40  40  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............64  60  57  55  54  54  54  55  55  55  56  57
RH..............46  56  61  67  71  65  67  61  58  56  53  51
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..7   8   9   9   9   9   10  10  12  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.12  10  12  14  16  17  17  18  18  18  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 2.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  12  13  13  13  12  13  13  14  15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..32  18  9   8   8   8   8   7   8   8   9   10
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent) until 0700, then
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent) until 0900, then
                    mostly sunny (15-25 percent) until 1000, then
                    partly cloudy (25-35 percent) until 1100, then
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers and thunderstorms until 1200, then
                    rain showers and thunderstorms likely.
CWR.................15 percent.
Chance of thunder...61 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 13 mph until 1000, then
                    northwest 6 to 11 mph until 1200, then
                    northeast until 1400, then northwest around 8
                    mph until 1500, then southwest until 1600, then
                    west until 1700, then around 7 mph. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after
                    1100 until 1200. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms after 1200 until
                    1500Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms after 1500.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0800, then 1400 ft AGL
                    until 0900, then 4400 ft AGL until 1000, then
                    8500 ft AGL until 1500, then 4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then fair until 1500, then
                    poor.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........25  28  32  21  29  55  73  72  73  80  82  82
Weather cov.....                    SCH CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   10  10  10  50  50  50  60  60  60
Temp............56  57  62  67  70  71  73  72  71  72  70  68
RH..............51  51  43  36  31  29  28  31  33  34  38  42
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NE  N   NW  SW  W   W
20 FT wind spd..12  10  9   9   8   8   8   8   8   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.18  17  15  15  14  14  14  13  13  13  13  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 1.4 4.4 7.2 8.9 8.9 8.2 7.1 5.0 4.9 3.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W
Transp wind spd.14  14  13  10  9   8   8   8   8   8   8   8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9   10  15  39  58  53  54  50  43  30  29  25
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   F   F   F   F   F   P   P   P

$$
Forecaster...RJK
Requested by...Pueblo Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518183.0/BOU
.DELDT 07/17/25
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