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

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

.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS AND A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL PRODUCE VERY
POOR RH RECOVERY OVERNIGHT...WITH MAXIMUM HUMIDITY REMAINING BELOW
30 PERCENT. VERY LOW HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY...WITH
AFTERNOON VALUES FALLING BELOW 10 PERCENT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN TODAY...ALONG WITH LIGHT WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS

DOWNSLOPE WINDS
.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46F.
MAX HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(38 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71F.
MIN HUMIDITY........4-9 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. VERY GOOD AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...TOM TILLMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090121.RANGE.03/PUB