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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANGE 143...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1145 AM MST WED JAN 21 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WEST NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. RELATIVELY WARM/MILD TEMPERATURES CAN
BE EXPECTED... ALONG WITH RELATIVELY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES. SCATTERED
HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE INTO COLORADO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75F.
MIN HUMIDITY........1-5 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 2-6 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL WEST AROUND
                    10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....19-24F.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 2-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 4000 FEET UNTIL 1900...THEN DECREASING
                    TO 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 18 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(44 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72F.
MIN HUMIDITY........5-10 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 2-6 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    WEST AROUND 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 5000 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1600...THEN 3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1600...
                    THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...METZE
REQUESTED BY...TOM TILLMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090121.RANGE.02/PUB