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Spot Forecast for Lodore Camp...NPS
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
430 AM MDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on July 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Increasing moisture across the area will lead to showers
and thunderstorms forming over the higher terrain this afternoon, and
spreading over adjacent valleys. Main threats with these storms will be
frequent lightning and outflow winds capable of gusting 40-50 mph.
Tomorrow will see increasing chances of widespread wetting rain and
localized flash flooding concerns in prone locations. Temperatures will
be cooler and minimum RH values will be on the increase.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms after 1500.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....90-95.
Min humidity........11-16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 4-8 mph increasing to 8-12 mph after
                    1500. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4000-32000 knot-ft) increasing to fair by
                    1100, to good by 1200, and to very good by 1300.
                    Decreasing again to good by 1700.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL increasing to 14500 ft AGL by 1400.
Transport winds.....South 10 mph.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms until 2400. Chance of showers
                    through the night.
CWR.................10 percent.
Min temperature.....57-62.
Max humidity........58-63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8-12 mph decreasing to 4-8 mph by 2400.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Good decreasing to fair by 1900, and to poor
                    (7000-32000 knot-ft) by 2000.
Mixing height.......8800 ft AGL decreasing to 1500 ft AGL by 2100.
Transport winds.....Northwest 11 mph.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers until 1200, then chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....82-87.
Min humidity........27-32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 4-8 mph becoming southwest after
                    0900. Becoming west winds 8-12 mph after 1200.
                    Gusts up to 20 mph possible in the afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6000-21000 knot-ft) increasing to fair by
                    1000, to good by 1100, and to very good by 1200.
                    Decreasing again to good after 1500.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL increasing to 7800 ft AGL by 1300.
Transport winds.....West 16 mph.
Chance of thunder...35 percent.

$$
Forecaster...Brianna Bealo
Requested by...Joy Logan
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517099.0/GJT
.DELDT 07/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL joy_logan@nps.gov,zachary_w_allen@nps.gov