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SPOT FORECAST FOR PRAIRIE CHICKEN RX...USFS-COMANCHE NG
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
516 AM MDT WED APR 15 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE WINDY TODAY AND THURSDAY...BUT THE STRONG
WINDS IN THE MIXING LAYER WILL RESULT IN THE SMOKE DISPERSAL BECOMING
EXCELLENT IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY AND THURSDAY. THERE COULD BE SOME LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...
BUT CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION LOOK A LITTLE BETTER LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(43 PERCENT) THIS MORNING...MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75F.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 10-15 MPH UNTIL 1000 OR 1100...THEN SOUTH
                    WINDS 20-24 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 6600 FT AGL 1200...
                    THEN 9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    BECOMING EXCELLENT BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(58 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47F.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 19-23 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 39 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2000. POOR AFTER 2100.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(41 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AFTER 1200...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69F.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 17-21 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 38 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 5000 FT AGL BY 1200...
                    THEN 10000 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 14 MPH UNTIL 1100 THEN SOUTH AROUND
                    25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. GOOD BY 1200.  EXCELLENT BY 1400.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...TOM EIKENBERRY  FMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090415.PRAIR.01/PUB