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Spot Forecast for Rim Road Fire...SUA BIA
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
552 PM MDT Thu Jul 31 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Conditions begin to dry out over the next couple days, though a
mild shower or two is possible tomorrow afternoon. For the most
part though, skies will be mostly sunny and wetting rain will be
unlikely. On Saturday, winds begin to pick up with gusts reaching
up to 30 mph. With the dry atmosphere, localized critical fire
weather conditions will be possible near the spot location.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms through the day.
CWR.................<10 percent.
Max temperature.....81-86.
Min humidity........17-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6-10 mph in the morning shifting to
                    the southwest at 9-14 mph with gusts to 22 mph
                    by 1500 MDT. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (26000 knot-ft) increasing to very good in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL increasing to 10500 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 12 mph shifting to the west 15 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...15 percent.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................<10 percent.
Min temperature.....58-63.
Max humidity........50-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8-12 mph with gusts to 20 mph in
                    the evening shifting to the northeast 6-10
                    mph by midnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good decreasing to poor (0 knot-ft)
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......9600 ft AGL decreasing to 0 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....West 15 mph shifting to the east 10 mph
                    overnight.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....82-87.
Min humidity........10-15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6-10 mph in the morning shifting to
                    the southwest 12-16 mph with gusts to 30 mph
                    around 1400 MDT.
Smoke dispersal.....Good increasing to excellent in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL increasing to 13700 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....East 10 mph shifting to the west 22 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.

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Forecaster...Braeden Winters
Requested by...Paul Cada
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/31/25
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.EMAIL pcada@vail.gov