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Spot Forecast for Cuchara Pile RX...USFS
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
720 AM MST Thu Jan 30 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MST on January 30.
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...

Snow is expected to continue through this afternoon with several
inches of accumulation forecast at the burn site.  Temperatures
will be steady in the mid to upper 20s with high humidity values
today.  Winds will transition to northwesterly and could be gusty
at times this afternoon.  Clear and quiet conditions will settle
across the burn site tonight and Friday. Temperatures will warm
into the 40s for highs tomorrow.  Winds will also switch southwesterly
by the afternoon with gusts near 20 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Snow showers until 1500, then
                    snow showers likely until 1600, then chance of
                    snow showers until 1700.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....26F.
Min humidity........65-70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 13 mph until 1200, then
                    northwest around 14 mph.
Mixing height.......3000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 22 mph until 1300, then north
                    around 24 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900, then fair until 1100, then
                    good until 1700, then poor.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........96  96  96  95  93  90  87  76  65  54
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY CHC
Weather type....SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............22  23  25  24  26  26  25  26  23  23
RH..............75  74  72  76  75  74  77  71  77  75
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..12  13  13  13  14  14  14  13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.17  18  18  18  20  20  20  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.0
Transp wind dir.W   NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.15  20  20  23  25  29  31  29  28  20
Haines index....2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
SDspl kt-ft/100024  46  50  71  77  94  104 81  71  31

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy(30 percent) until 2300, then
                    mostly clear.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....17F.
Max humidity........72-77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 12 mph until 2400, then
                    west.
Mixing height.......1500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........46  39  32  23  14  5   5   4   4   4   5   7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............21  19  18  19  19  18  19  20  19  19  20  18
RH..............73  74  73  68  61  60  56  48  49  49  45  53
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..12  12  12  10  10  10  10  10  10  12  12  12
20 FT wind gust.17  17  17  15  15  15  16  16  16  17  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.18  18  18  18  16  15  15  15  15  15  14  14
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
SDspl kt-ft/100026  24  24  24  21  20  20  19  19  19  18  18

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....49F.
Min humidity........15-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 13 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1300, then fair until 1500, then
                    poor.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........11  15  19  15  10  6   5   5   4   6   9   11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............21  22  22  36  43  46  49  49  47  43  39  35
RH..............47  45  45  28  23  23  20  20  22  24  27  32
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..13  13  13  12  12  12  12  12  12  13  13  13
20 FT wind gust.18  18  18  17  17  17  16  16  16  18  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.14  15  14  14  14  15  17  20  21  21  21  21
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
SDspl kt-ft/100018  19  17  18  20  30  35  42  46  40  33  27

$$
Forecaster...MOZLEY
Requested by...Anna Dellapenta
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/30/25
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