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SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT C2   UNIT P RX...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
457 AM MST TUE FEB 24 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...
LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH TEMPERATURE
SIMILAR TO A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER THAN YESTERDAY.  SKIES WILL BE
MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH THE DAY...WITH LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZES MIXING
DOWN INTO THE BURN SITE DURING THE AFTERNOON. STRONG INVERSIONS WILL
SET UP OVERNIGHT.  ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON
WEDNESDAY BRINGING GUSTIER WINDS TO THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY GOOD AFTERNOON DISPERSIONS.

A BREEZY TO WINDY PATTERN WILL PERSIST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH
WINDS ON THURSDAY PERHAPS A LITTLE LIGHTER THAN THOSE OF WEDNESDAY.
SOME WEST SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 10 TO 20 MPH EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN FOR FRIDAY AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AFTERNOON DISPERSIONS BOTH DAYS ARE LIKELY
TO BE IN THE GOOD TO VERY GOOD CATEGORIES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61F.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHWEST 10-15
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100. GOOD AFTER 1300.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....16-21F.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH UNTIL 1800...THEN
                    SOUTH 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 15 MPH UNTIL 1800 THEN SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING POOR BY 1800.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(34 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST 3-7 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHWEST 15-25
                    MPH. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE AFTER 1400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN VERY GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...DARWIN SCHULTZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090224.UNITC.03/PUB