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SPOT FORECAST FOR QUARRY FIRE...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
423 AM MST THU MAR 5 2009

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
EXPECT RED FLAG CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH WEST WINDS
GUSTING OVER 50 MPH AT TIMES. WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
WITH A BRIEF SHIFT TO LIGHT EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS POSSIBLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT
AND 0800 MST. WEST WINDS WILL THEN REAPPEAR AFTER 0800 MST FRIDAY...
WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AGAIN LIKELY BY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WINDY. WEST WINDS 26-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 55 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 41 MPH UNTIL 0700...THEN AROUND 48
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(45 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40F.
MAX HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 20-25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50
                    MPH DECREASING TO 30 MPH AFTER 1000. WINDS
                    BECOMING EAST 5-10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 29 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2200. GOOD AFTER 0300.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(51 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60F.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WINDY.  EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-10 MPH UNTIL
                    0800...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 26-30 MPH...
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AFTER 1100.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 10500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 35 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    AROUND 48 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 0800...THEN EXCELLENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY 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 20090305.QUARR.01/PUB