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SPOT FORECAST FOR 24 FIRE...FORT CARSON FD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
235 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0642 MDT ON MARCH 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 THE PERIOD OF INTEREST, WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EASTERLY
THROUGH THE MORNING, THOUGH MAY VARY FROM SOUTHEASTERLY TO
NORTHEASTERLY, AROUND 5 MPH, WITH NO APPRECIABLE GUSTS. THEN
HEADING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS, DIURNAL UPSLOPING IS
EXPECTED, WITH WINDS BECOMING MORE SOUTHEASTERLY AND UP TO 10 MPH,
THOUGH WITH NO APPRECIABLE GUSTS STILL EXPECTED. HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL FOLLOW A TYPICAL DIURNAL TREND, WITH VALUES AROUND 70 PERCENT
BY 6AM, AND DROPPING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED, WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING
TO NEAR 70 DEGREES.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(60 PERCENT). PATCHY SMOKE AFTER
1200 UNTIL 1400, THEN AREAS OF SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1200, THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND 8
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1000, THEN SOUTH
AROUND 11 MPH UNTIL 1700, THEN NORTHEAST AROUND
12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........52 53 54 56 54 52 50 52 53 55 63 70
WEATHER COV..... PTY PTY ARS ARS ARS ARS
WEATHER TYPE.... SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK SMK
TSTM COV........
TEMP............37 37 39 44 49 53 57 62 64 66 68 67
RH..............72 72 67 58 46 39 34 28 27 24 22 22
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 8 8 8 13 13 13 13 13 13
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE E NE S S S S S S S NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 5 5 5 6 7 9 10 12 12 12
SDSPL KT-FT/10004 4 5 5 6 9 13 18 22 27 25 21
FORECASTER...SIMCOE
REQUESTED BY...ALEX FARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 03/23/26
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