857  
FNUS75 KPUB 171225  
FWSPUB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR LA PLATA...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO  
625 AM MDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0933 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 17.  
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
 
 
MOST OF THE DAY TODAY WILL BE DRY, WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR  
A BRIEF SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING, THOUGH WETTING  
RAINFALL APPEARS UNLIKELY. NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING LOW  
TEMPS EXPECTED TONIGHT, THEN DRY AND A BIT WARMER ON THURSDAY.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58F.  
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000, THEN 8500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 20 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. VERY GOOD AFTER 1200.  
 
TIME (MDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........7 12 17 22 27 32 37 41 44  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............41 51 52 55 57 57 58 57 56  
RH..............70 46 43 35 33 33 32 33 35  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 12 12 12 12 12 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 13 17 17 17 17 17 17  
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W W W NW NW NW  
EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7  
EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 5.5 6.5 7.5 8.5 9.0 9.0 8.5 7.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 17 20 21 22 21 21 21 20  
SDSPL KT-FT/100037 80 114 139 161 161 166 157 130  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(35 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE  
OF A THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 2400. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL 0400.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30F.  
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 2100, THEN  
NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900, THEN 2500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900, THEN POOR.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........48 44 40 37 37 37 38 34 30 26 24 22  
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RS RS RS  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
TEMP............54 47 43 38 37 36 34 32 32 31 31 30  
RH..............38 49 57 70 70 72 78 85 82 85 81 85  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6  
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2  
EYE LVL WND GST.9 9 9 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4  
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.0 2.5 2.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 12 10 9 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 8  
SDSPL KT-FT/100085 23 17 25 10 11 11 10 12 11 12 14  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59F.  
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 3-5 MPH UNTIL 1100, THEN NORTHWEST  
AROUND 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100, THEN GOOD UNTIL 1700, THEN  
POOR.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........20 17 15 13 13 13 13 14 15 17 15 13  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
TEMP............31 30 33 40 50 53 56 57 57 58 57 56  
RH..............81 92 85 70 48 41 37 33 31 29 31 33  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 7 7 12 12 12 12 12 12  
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
EYE LVL WND SPD.3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5  
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 2.0 2.0 3.5 4.5 5.5 7.0 7.5 7.5 8.0 7.0 5.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 7 7 7 8 9 10 10 12 10 8  
SDSPL KT-FT/100014 12 13 20 27 40 56 66 69 79 61 39  
 

 
FORECASTER...PETERSEN  
REQUESTED BY...JESSE FREEMAN-ERBIN  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2521869.4/PUB  
.DELDT 09/17/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
 
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