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SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHWAY 67 CORRIDOR- PAINTED ROCKS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
802 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY BRINGING
WAVES OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING.  SNOW
SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS
TO PULL EASTWARD.  STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MIX DOWN INTO THE BURN
SITE THIS MORNING...AND BECOME GUSTIER DURING THE AFTERNOON.  THIS WILL
RESULT IN EXCELLENT DISPERSIONS THIS AFTERNOON.  A COLD NIGHT IS IN STORE
WITH DISPERSIONS BECOMING POOR OVERNIGHT.  TUESDAY WILL BE DRIER AND
WARMER.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(70 PERCENT). NUMEROUS SHOWERS
                    UNTIL 1200...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....26-29F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 15-25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FEET AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 7000 FEET AGL BY
                    1300.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 31 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1000. EXCELLENT AFTER 1100.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(66 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....9-14F.
MAX HUMIDITY........82-87 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 15-25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL UNTIL 2300...THEN 1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2000. POOR AFTER 0200.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(48 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42F.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 9500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...PIKE HOTSHOTS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090330.HIGHW.01/PUB