Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
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Spot Forecast for Rd 31 Fire...Crowley County OEM
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
831 PM MDT Tue Mar 18 2025
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 MDT on March 18.
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.
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY...
.DISCUSSION...
Cold front is pushing south across the fire area this evening,
ushering in very strong and gusty winds with gusts up to 65 mph.
Initially light rain is expected, mixing with and then switching
over to snow late tonight. These strong winds will lessen slightly
overnight but will remain enhanced and potentially damaging into
Wednesday morning.
Critical fire weather conditions return on Thursday.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers until
2400, then slight chance of snow showers until
0200.
Min temperature.....26-28F.
Max humidity........75-80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Very windy. Northwest winds 37-41 mph until
0300, then 25-29 mph. Gusts up to 65 mph.
Mixing height.......2500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 30 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 0300, then poor.
TIME (MDT) 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........92 92 91 91 84 76 69 68 68
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RS RS SW SW
Tstm cov........
Temp............45 43 40 37 35 34 31 31 30
RH..............41 51 55 62 62 59 59 57 56
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..41 41 41 39 39 39 29 29 29
20 FT wind gust.63 63 63 56 56 56 44 44 44
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.25 25 25 23 23 23 17 17 17
Eye lvl wnd gst.38 38 38 34 34 34 26 26 26
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.5 2.0 2.0
Transp wind dir.NW NW N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.38 45 48 44 38 35 32 29 29
SDspl kt-ft/100069 122 130 102 76 73 36 44 47
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy until 1400, then mostly sunny (40
percent). Areas of blowing dust after 1200
until 1700.
Max temperature.....49F.
Min humidity........16-21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Windy. North winds 31-35 mph with gusts to
around 52 mph.
Mixing height.......3500 ft agl until 1000, then 8500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 27 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 0900, then excellent.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........68 76 84 91 85 79 73 59 46 33 40 47
Weather cov..... ARS ARS ARS ARS ARS
Weather type.... BDT BDT BDT BDT BDT
Tstm cov........
Temp............29 29 28 32 38 41 43 46 47 48 49 48
RH..............56 56 61 50 38 33 29 25 23 22 21 22
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..31 31 31 32 32 32 35 35 35 33 33 33
20 FT wind gust.47 47 47 49 49 49 52 52 52 51 51 51
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd spd.19 19 19 19 19 19 21 21 21 20 20 20
Eye lvl wnd gst.28 28 28 29 29 29 31 31 31 31 31 31
Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 2.5 3.5 4.0 5.5 6.5 7.5 8.5 9.5 9.0 8.5 8.0
Transp wind dir.NW N N N N N N N N N N N
Transp wind spd.30 31 32 36 37 36 33 33 35 33 29 24
SDspl kt-ft/100064 67 94 130 170 196 218 246 281 267 213 171
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy(54 percent) until 2100, then
partly cloudy(27 percent).
Min temperature.....18-20F.
Max humidity........72-77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 13-17 mph until 2100, then
southwest 5-8 mph.
Mixing height.......6000 ft agl until 1900. 1000 ft agl after 2000.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 10 mph until 2200, then
southwest around 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good until 1900, then poor.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........57 54 51 48 38 28 18 14 10 6 6 7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............45 40 36 35 32 30 29 27 25 22 20 19
RH..............24 30 36 40 45 51 53 57 62 71 77 77
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..17 17 17 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.29 29 29 13 13 13 8 8 8 9 9 9
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N N SW SW SW SW SW SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.10 10 10 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.17 17 17 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
Mix hgt (kft)...6.0 3.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.N N NE NE SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.20 15 12 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
SDspl kt-ft/1000105 38 9 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (37 percent).
Max temperature.....65-68F.
Min humidity........3-8 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 15 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0700. Good after 1300.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8 17 26 35 45 54 64 65 66 67 62 56
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............19 21 24 30 37 45 52 57 61 63 65 66
RH..............74 71 62 46 32 21 14 11 9 8 8 8
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 10 10 10 14 14 14 15 15 15
20 FT wind gust.12 12 12 16 16 16 22 22 22 23 23 23
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S
Eye lvl wnd spd.5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
Eye lvl wnd gst.7 7 7 10 10 10 13 13 13 14 14 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5 5.0 6.0 5.0 4.0
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S SW SW
Transp wind spd.8 9 9 10 13 14 16 18 20 22 22 22
SDspl kt-ft/10003 4 5 6 18 30 48 69 89 116 97 77
$$
Forecaster...MOORE
Requested by...John Reitan
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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