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Spot Forecast for Crystal Reservoir Rx...Pike National Forest
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1040 AM MDT Fri May 16 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 MDT on May 16.
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...

For today, west to northwest winds will be in place through this
afternoon. Strongest winds are currently ongoing, with sustained
winds around 15 to 25 mph and gusts around 25 to 35 mph. Both
sustained winds and gusts are expected to drop through the rest of
the day, with sustained winds around 15 mph and gusts around 20
to 25 mph by 2 to 3 PM MDT this afternoon. Winds will continue to
lessen through the evening and overnight hours, with sustained
winds around and less than 10 mph and gusts around and less than
15 mph around and after 6 to 7 PM MDT. Otherwise, no precipitation
is expected today, with humidity values bottoming out around
15 percent this afternoon, and then recovering to around 50
percent overnight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny(37 percent).
Max temperature.....62F.
Min humidity........14-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 11-15 mph.
Mixing height.......9000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 26 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent.

TIME (MDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........23  23  27  31  35  43  52
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............52  57  59  61  62  62  61
RH..............25  20  19  19  19  20  20
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..15  15  15  15  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.29  26  26  26  26  26  26
Mix hgt (kft)...7.0 8.5 9.0 9.0 9.5 9.0 8.5
Transp wind dir.W   NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.36  35  31  29  28  26  25
SDspl kt-ft/1000222 250 238 228 227 205 189

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy(60 percent) until 0300, then
                    partly cloudy(41 percent).
Min temperature.....39F.
Max humidity........44-49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 12 mph until 2100, then
                    light and variable around 7 mph.
Mixing height.......7000 ft agl until 2000, then 1000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 9 mph until 0200, then south around
                    11 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good until 2000, then poor.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........60  59  58  57  61  64  67  60  53  46  41  36
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............59  57  53  50  48  47  44  44  44  42  42  39
RH..............23  25  29  34  37  38  43  43  43  47  47  49
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12  6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.20  20  20  12  12  12  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...7.5 6.5 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.22  18  14  10  10  10  9   9   9   10  12  13
SDspl kt-ft/1000147 101 23  6   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   6

$$
Forecaster...SIMCOE
Requested by...Christina Barba
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/16/25
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