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SPOT FORECAST FOR ASPEN ACRES...RMCC  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO  
142 PM MDT SUN AUG 23 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 MDT ON AUGUST 23.  
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 TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT, SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND  
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING AROUND THE BURN SCAR AREA.  
STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL, FLASH  
FLOODING, STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS TO 45-50 MPH, SMALL HAIL, AND  
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END AND PUSH  
EAST AROUND BY 9 PM THIS EVENING, WITH DRY CONDITIONS THEN  
PREVAILING INTO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MONDAY AFTERNOON THEN  
BRINGS A REPEAT OF TODAY, WITH ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED  
FOR THE BURN SCAR AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL AGAIN  
MEANDER EAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND PUSH EAST BY AROUND 8-9 PM  
TOMORROW EVENING. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BRINGS THE SAME THING,  
WITH ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS, WITH EARLY AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED. LOOKING  
AT WINDS, PREDOMINANTLY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 10-12 MPH TODAY  
WILL BECOME MORE LIGHT, AND MOSTLY TERRAIN DRIVEN, THOUGH EVEN  
VARIABLE AT TIMES TONIGHT. WINDS THEN MAY INCREASE AGAIN BY EARLY  
MORNING, WITH ANOTHER WINDOW OF SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO  
10 MPH, AND GUSTS TO 20 MPH. BY LATE MONDAY MORNING THOUGH, WINDS  
ARE EXPECTED TO AGAIN SHIFT AND BECOME MORE NORTHEASTERLY, THOUGH  
DECREASE IN MAGNITUDE, WITH WINDS ONLY 5-8 MPH, AND NO PERSISTENT  
OR APPRECIABLE GUSTS. THIS WIND PATTERN WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AS  
WELL, WITH ANOTHER NIGHT OF LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS MONDAY NIGHT.  
AS FOR HUMIDITY VALUES, THEY WILL FOLLOW A TYPICAL DIURNAL TREND.  
VALUES OVERNIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 73-81%, WITH VALUES DROPPING TO  
AROUND 24-32% DURING THE AFTERNOONS.  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(68 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400, THEN  
PARTLY CLOUDY(34 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1900, THEN  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
UNTIL 2100.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57F.  
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 2100, THEN WEST 13-17 MPH.  
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR  
THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.  
   
MONDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY UNTIL 1300, THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY(69  
PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76F.  
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 13-17 MPH UNTIL 1200, THEN  
NORTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 1500, THEN  
SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1400GUSTY  
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS  
AFTER 1400.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900, THEN 7500 FT AGL UNTIL  
1700, THEN 3500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 1500, THEN EAST  
UNTIL 1600, THEN SOUTHWEST UNTIL 1700, THEN  
NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1700, THEN  
POOR.  
   
MONDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(69 PERCENT) UNTIL 0100, THEN  
PARTLY CLOUDY(28 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000. CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
AFTER 2100 UNTIL 2200.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56F.  
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 2400, THEN WEST AROUND 8 MPH.  
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR  
THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2100 UNTIL  
2200.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 2200, THEN SOUTH  
UNTIL 2400, THEN WEST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 0500,  
THEN NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.  
   
TUESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY UNTIL 1200, THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN  
SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS  
AFTER 1200.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75F.  
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST AROUND 6 MPH, THAN NORTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH AFTER 1200.  
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000, THEN 5500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 1500, THEN EAST UNTIL  
1600, THEN SOUTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600, THEN  
POOR.  
 
 
FORECASTER...SIMCOE  
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL ORTNER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
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.DELDT 08/23/26  
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