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SPOT FORECAST FOR NEPESTA FIRE...CDEM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
346 PM MDT MON MAR 9 2009

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE BURN SITE BETWEEN 430 AND 500 PM
THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING AN ABRUPT WIND SHIFT FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST.
GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL 2200 BRINGING INCREASING
HUMIDITIES. WINDS WILL LIGHTEN UP SOME AFTER 2200 THOUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

ON TUESDAY...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS CAUSING
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO KICK UP ACROSS THE AREA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WHICH WILL REBOUND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WILL DROP AGAIN ON TUESDAY...
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO REDEVELOP
LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THUS A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1100 THROUGH 1900 LOCAL.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(46 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AFTER 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32F.
MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-20 MPH UNTIL 1630...THEN
                    EAST NORTHEAST 20-35 MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN
                    EAST AT 8-15 MPH.
                    AROUND 8 MPH AFTER 2400.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(44 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    NORTHWEST 17-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...CHAD RAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090309.NEPES.01/PUB