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SPOT FORECAST FOR BOOTH FIRE...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
657 AM MDT THU APR 30 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...A COOL FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE BURN SITE EARLY THIS
MORNING...ACCOMPANIED BY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15-25 MPH AND A
COOLER AIRMASS.  WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL TURN EASTERLY AND THEN
SOUTHEASTERLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  TEMPERATURES
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL RUN 5-10 DEGREES LOWER THAN YESTERDAY AND
HUMIDITIES WILL RUN HIGHER.  THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A LATE
AFTERNOON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF THE BURN SITE
BUT THIS IS LOOKING LIKE A LOW PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...UPSLOPE WINDS WILL BRING MORE COOL...MOIST AIR
INTO THE SITE FOR AN EVEN COOLER DAY FRIDAY WITH MORE CLOUDS AND
A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35 PERCENT). AN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40 PERCENT) UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE
                    UNTIL 2400...THEN AN ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWER POSSIBLE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47F.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60F.
MIN HUMIDITY........39-44 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 11-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1200...THEN 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WALROD
REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090430.BOOTH.01/PUB