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SPOT FORECAST FOR 3-R PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
246 PM MST FRI FEB 6 2009

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND A GOOD
PORTION OF THE EVENING. AN INVERSION WILL CUT OFF THE GUSTY WINDS
BY 2000 MST. WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 10 MPH UNTIL 1300 MST.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO UP VALLEY BY 1600 MST. TOMORROW
WILL BE CLOUDIER THAN TODAY SO TEMPERATURES WILL BE NOT AS WARM AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE BETWEEN 20-40 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(54 PERCENT) UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(42 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32F.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 16-20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 37 MPH UNTIL
                    2000 MST.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(58 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN
                    UP VALLEY WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...CERU
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090206.3RPIL.01/PUB