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Spot Forecast for Lodore Camp...NPS
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
418 AM MDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Widespread showers and thunderstorms are anticipated today,
with frequent lightning, gusty outflow winds, and heavy rain the threats.
Temperatures will run well below normal today, but will warm closer to
normal tomorrow. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms are expected to form
over the terrain tomorrow afternoon, with the same threats expected.
Conditions will warm and dry through the weekend.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers after 1000, then chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....82-87.
Min humidity........23-28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 4-8 mph becoming west winds 10-14
                    mph after 1300. Gusts up to 20 mph possible in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7000-36000 knot-ft) increasing to good by
                    1100, and to very good by 1200. Remaining good
                    to very good through the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL increasing to 8600 ft AGL by 1300,
                    then decreasing to 4900 ft AGL through the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 17 mph.
Chance of thunder...30 percent.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent) after 2400. Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms until 2400, then again
                    after 0300.
CWR.................10 percent.
Min temperature.....53-58.
Max humidity........72-77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10-14 mph becoming southwest 4-8 mph
                    by 2400. Gusts up to 20 mph possible until 2100.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Smoke dispersal.....Good decreasing to poor (5000-38000 knot-ft)
                    by 2000.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL decreasing to 1500 ft AGL by 2100.
Transport winds.....West 16 mph shifting to the southwest 10 mph
                    overnight.
Chance of thunder...25 percent.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (45-55 percent) after 1200. Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....86-91.
Min humidity........15-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 4-8 mph increasing to 10-14 mph after
                    1200. Gusts up to 25 mph possible in the afternoon.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7000-16000 knot-ft) increasing to fair by
                    0900, to good by 1000, to very good by 1100, and
                    to excellent by 1300.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL increasing to 9800 ft AGL by 1300
Transport winds.....West 21 mph.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.

$$
Forecaster...Brianna Bealo
Requested by...Joy Logan
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517187.0/GJT
.DELDT 07/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL zachary_w_allen@nps.gov,joy_logan@nps.gov