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Spot Forecast for Sheep Pen...Forest Service
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
237 PM MDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 MDT on August 13.
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...

Showers and thunderstorms developing to the south will move across
the fire area through the afternoon and evening.  Locally heavy rainfall
and gusty erratic outflow winds up to 50 mph will be possible in and
near thunderstorms through this evening.  Winds will increase from the
south but settle quickly into northerly directions this evening as storms
pass off to the northeast.  A similar weather pattern can be expected for
Friday with another round of primarily afternoon and evening showers and
thunderstorms capable of producing locally heavy rainfall and gusty erratic
outflow winds.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny(54 percent). Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....91F.
Min humidity........21-26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10-20 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......6500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....South around 12 mph until 1700, then northwest
                    around 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1700, then fair.

TIME (MDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........47  55  62
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC
Temp............89  87  85
RH..............26  31  36
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.17  17  17
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   8   8
Eye lvl wnd gst.10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...9.0 7.0 4.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   NW
Transp wind spd.12  13  13
SDspl kt-ft/100088  77  51

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy(63 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms until 2300, then slight
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms until 0200.
Min temperature.....62F.
Max humidity........82-87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10-20 mph until 2100, then
                    north 6-12 mph mph until 0300, then Northwest
                    5-10 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms until 2200.
Mixing height.......1000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 11 mph until 2100, then around
                    8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........69  65  60  56  61  67  72  66  60  54  54  54
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
Temp............82  79  76  74  71  70  69  67  66  65  64  63
RH..............44  49  54  57  64  68  70  75  78  81  84  87
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..14  14  14  7   7   7   8   8   8   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.20  20  20  9   9   9   12  12  12  9   9   9
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.8   8   8   4   4   4   5   5   5   4   4   4
Eye lvl wnd gst.12  12  12  5   5   5   7   7   7   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.14  10  12  13  13  13  13  10  10  9   8   8
SDspl kt-ft/100025  10  5   9   9   12  12  10  8   5   5   4

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny(45 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers after 1100, then chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....88F.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 4-8 mph until 1200, then southeast
                    10-15 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms after 1200.
Mixing height.......2500 ft agl until 1100, then 5500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph until 0900, then south around
                    14 mph until 1700, then northeast.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0700. Good after 1200.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........54  49  37  29  38  48  57  57  57  57  59  62
Weather cov.....                    SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Temp............63  64  66  70  77  80  85  86  87  87  86  85
RH..............87  84  81  71  54  49  40  37  36  35  37  39
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   5   5   5   13  13  13  15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   7   7   7   17  17  17  21  21  21
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Eye lvl wnd spd.4   4   4   3   3   3   8   8   8   9   9   9
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   5   4   4   4   10  10  10  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 6.5 8.0 9.0 6.0 5.0 5.0
Transp wind dir.NW  W   W   SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   NE
Transp wind spd.6   7   7   6   7   8   10  13  14  16  14  14
SDspl kt-ft/10002   3   7   10  19  34  60  88  108 86  61  61

$$
Forecaster...TORGERSON
Requested by...Rachel F
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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