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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANGE 109...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
756 AM MDT TUE APR 21 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...

UNSEASONABLY WARM AND GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS UPPER ZONAL TO NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES
OVER THE FIRE DISTRICT.  A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE MAY SPARK SOME
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-81F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-17 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST AT 4 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 12000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100. GOOD AFTER 1400.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-44F.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-72 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST AT 4 TO 9 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN POOR UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    FAIR UNTIL 2100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(27 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-83F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-17 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN WEST AROUND 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 16500 FT AGL AFTER 1200.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100. EXCELLENT AFTER 1400.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.

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REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090421.RANGE.01/PUB