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Spot Forecast for Rito Hondo Piles RX...USFS
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
750 AM MST Thu Jan 29 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MST on January 29.
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 the project area, dry conditions are expected today,
tomorrow, and through the weekend. Winds are expected to remain
light, and fairly variable now through the weekend, with winds
hovering around 5 mph during the day, and becoming less and more
variable overnight. With no major weather influences, winds will
generally follow a typical diurnal trend, with northeasterly
component winds during the afternoon and more westerly component
winds overnight. No significant wind gusts are anticipated, with
any gusts remaining around and less than 10 mph. Humidity values
will also follow the typical diurnal trend, with values falling to
the 20-25 percent range each afternoon, and then increasing to
60-80 percent range overnight. The highest humidity recovery is
expected Friday night, when values will increase to around 80
percent overnight. As for high temperatures, today will be around
35F, around 38F tomorrow, around 43F Saturday, and around 46F
Sunday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....35F.
Min humidity........21-26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast around 6 mph.
Mixing height.......3500 ft agl until 1700, then 500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 16 mph until 1700, then northeast
                    around 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1200, then fair until 1700, then
                    poor.

TIME (MST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   4   4   4   3   3   5   6   8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............21  26  31  34  35  35  35  34  29
RH..............44  35  28  26  26  28  29  30  39
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   10  10  10  9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 0.5
Transp wind dir.NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE
Transp wind spd.8   9   12  14  16  16  17  16  7
SDspl kt-ft/10006   15  30  42  54  56  57  43  4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....10F.
Max humidity........71-76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West around 4 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 6 mph until 1900, then west until
                    0200, then northwest around 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........8   9   9   14  20  25  23  20  18  18  18  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............24  22  20  18  18  17  16  14  14  12  11  11
RH..............45  49  54  59  56  58  61  64  64  70  73  73
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.N   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  N   NW
Transp wind spd.6   6   8   8   9   6   6   7   7   7   8   8
SDspl kt-ft/10003   3   4   4   5   3   3   4   4   4   4   4

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....38F.
Min humidity........22-27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 5 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11  9   5   3   3   3   6   8   11  9   8   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............10  10  11  20  27  33  37  38  38  37  35  33
RH..............76  76  73  51  38  30  27  27  28  31  35  39
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   5   5   5   6   6   6   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.5   5   5   7   7   7   9   9   9   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 1.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  N   N   N
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   6   7   7   8   9   10  8   6   3
SDspl kt-ft/10003   3   2   6   11  16  20  24  28  16  7   2

$$
Forecaster...SIMCOE
Requested by...Pettigrew
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/29/26
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