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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIGELOW...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
408 AM MDT THU JUN 18 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 MDT ON JUNE 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.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
DISCUSSION
CLOUDS HAVE PUSHED INTO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS BRINGING
SOME FAIR TO GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED
THROUGH LAST EVENING. THESE CLOUDS WILL BURN OFF QUICKLY THIS MORNING WITH
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES RETURNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN YESTERDAY.
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE BREEZY WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE
IN THE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WINDS DOMINATED BY EAST
TO SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTIONS, WARMER TEMPERATURES, AND SCATTERED
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD BE GUSTY WIND MAKERS IF THEY MOVE IN
THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE. SATURDAY WILL BE HOTTER AND DRIER WITH CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LIKELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES SPREAD
BACK OVER THE REGION. IT IS LIKELY THAT FIRE WEATHER WATCHES FOR SATURDAY
WILL BE UPGRADED TO RED FLAG WARNINGS LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60%) UNTIL 0900 THEN MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72F.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1200, THEN SOUTHEAST 10-20
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 0900, THEN
SOUTHWEST UNTIL 1100, THEN WEST UNTIL 1500,
THEN SOUTH AROUND 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400, THEN
GOOD.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........65 60 50 40 30 35 39 34 29 24 17 11
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............46 47 50 54 58 62 65 69 71 72 72 72
RH..............63 58 52 45 40 36 34 31 31 31 31 31
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 12 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 10 10 10 15 15 15 18 18 18
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 6 6 6 7 7 7
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9 11 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.0 5.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE S SW W W W SW S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 8 8 9 12 12 12 14 14 14 14
SDSPL KT-FT/10005 14 13 16 21 31 40 50 67 65 61 61
FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...JESS FRANTA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2615748.0/PUB
.DELDT 06/18/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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