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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOW...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
158 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0744 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 16.
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 AREA OF INTEREST, SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THROUGH TOMORROW. WITH A RICH SURGE
OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE, SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY BE ONGOING
CONSISTENTLY AROUND THE BURN AREA, WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. GREATEST HAZARDS
FROM ANY STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING, GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS TO AROUND 35 MPH, AND LIGHTNING. WINDS WILL HOLD AN
OVERALL SOUTHERLY COMPONENT THROUGH TOMORROW, WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
AROUND 8-11 MPH, AND OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL FOLLOW A TYPICAL DIURNAL TREND, WITH LOWEST VALUES
DURING THE AFTERNOONS, AND HIGHEST VALUES OVERNIGHT. VALUES THIS
AFTERNOON WILL FALL TO AROUND 48-51 PERCENT, INCREASE TO AROUND
82-85 PERCENT TONIGHT, AND THEN FALL TO AROUND 63-65 PERCENT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL
1400. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200. RAIN
SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61F.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 1500, THEN
SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100, THEN 4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 1700, THEN SOUTH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1500, THEN
POOR.
TIME (MDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........76 71 66 69 72 76 80 85 89 88 87
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
TEMP............45 49 52 55 57 59 59 58 58 56 56
RH..............76 68 63 57 54 49 50 51 51 54 56
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 12 12
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 4.0 5.0 5.5 6.0 5.0 4.5 3.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 12 13 12 12 10 9 8 8
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 6 13 27 40 49 56 49 38 30 24
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
RAIN SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49F.
MAX HUMIDITY........81-86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
2100GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2100 UNTIL 2400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........87 89 92 95 94 93 92 92 93 94 93 93
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
TEMP............52 48 47 47 48 48 48 49 50 50 50 50
RH..............64 75 79 80 75 79 77 73 73 72 72 71
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S SE SE SE SE SE S SE S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 8 9 9 10 10 13 13 13 13 13
SDSPL KT-FT/100017 7 6 6 11 6 7 16 16 9 11 9
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 0900 UNTIL 1200,
THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56F.
MIN HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 0900.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300, THEN
POOR.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........93 88 83 78 79 80 81 76 72 67 67 67
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
TEMP............50 48 48 51 51 49 49 51 51 53 54 54
RH..............71 78 80 76 80 85 88 79 80 74 70 70
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.0 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 13 15 16 17 17 10 10 15 10 10
SDSPL KT-FT/100013 7 13 22 35 44 50 24 22 39 20 17
FORECASTER...SIMCOE
REQUESTED BY...ANDREW DUZET
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621924.1/PUB
.DELDT 09/16/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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