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Spot Forecast for Rainbow Gulch...USFS
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
551 AM MDT Tue May 12 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MDT on May 12.
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...

Dry today and tonight with relatively light winds. Clouds will
increase somewhat during the afternoon. For tomorrow we
may see a passing high based showers or thundershower during the
afternoon. Temperatures through the period will be above normal
for this time of the year.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny until 1400, then partly sunny(65
                    percent).
Max temperature.....71F.
Min humidity........9-14 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 to 8 mph then southwest
                    around 9 mph until 1500, then southeast around
                    12 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft agl until 1000. 8000 ft agl after 1100.
Transport winds.....West around 14 mph until 1400. South after
                    1500.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then fair until 1100, then
                    good until 1200, then excellent until 1500,
                    then good.

TIME (MDT)      2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A
Sky (%).........5   6   9   13  16  36  55  75  74  72
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............55  60  64  69  70  71  70  69  68  65
RH..............24  22  18  15  14  16  18  21  23  27
20 FT wind dir..NW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..8   7   7   7   9   9   9   12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  13  17  17  17  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 2.5 5.0 9.0 13  14  12  8.0 7.5 7.0
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  W   NW  W   W   W   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  12  13  13  15  16  16  14  16  15
SDspl kt-ft/100017  25  58  99  160 195 160 98  104 91

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy(65 percent) until 2000, then
                    partly cloudy(27 percent) until 0300, then
                    clear.
Min temperature.....44F.
Max humidity........53-58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft agl until 1900. 500 ft agl after 2000.
Transport winds.....South around 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair until 1900, then poor.

TIME (MDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P
Sky (%).........71  59  48  36  27  19  10  8   6   4   5   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............63  62  58  56  54  52  51  50  49  46  45  45
RH..............31  32  37  42  45  48  50  52  52  58  58  58
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12  9   9   9   10  10  10  8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.20  20  20  16  16  16  16  16  16  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...5.0 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SE  SE  S   S   SE  S   S   SW
Transp wind spd.14  12  9   12  14  15  14  13  13  14  14  13
SDspl kt-ft/100060  33  6   7   7   7   7   6   6   7   7   6

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny(31 percent). Slight chance of rain
                    showers and thunderstorms after 1200 until
                    1700.
Max temperature.....73F.
Min humidity........11-16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 9 mph until 1200, then
                    south. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms after 1200 until 1700.
Mixing height.......1500 ft agl until 1000, then 10000 ft agl until
                    1600, then 4000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then good until 1100, then
                    excellent until 1500, then good until 1700,
                    then fair.

TIME (MDT)      MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A
Sky (%).........6   5   5   5   9   14  18  28  38  48  53  58
Weather cov.....                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............44  50  56  61  65  70  72  73  72  71  70  66
RH..............58  46  37  31  25  19  16  17  20  23  23  28
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   9   9   9   12  12  12  14  14  14
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  15  15  15  20  20  20  23  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 6.5 9.5 12  12  12  8.0 4.5 3.0
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  W   SW  W   W   W   W   SW  S   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.12  13  13  13  13  15  15  16  16  16  20  17
SDspl kt-ft/10005   6   13  25  70  125 147 171 170 109 77  48

$$
Forecaster...HODANISH
Requested by...Aaron Lund
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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