FNUS75 KPUB 091547 FWSPUB SPOT FORECAST FOR PALMER FIRE...BACA CO. DEM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 847 AM MST FRI JAN 9 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS MORNING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING...WITH GRADUALLY DIMINISHING WINDS OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...BUT THESE WILL BE MOSTLY SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES...WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(45 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER 1400. MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55F. MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. LAL.................1. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 0200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(37 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 2300. MIN TEMPERATURE.....17-22F. MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 13-17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 31 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. LAL.................1. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50F. MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 1300. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. LAL.................1. $$ FORECASTER...PETERSEN REQUESTED BY...EM811 TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090109.PALME.01/PUB