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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHEYENNE MTN FIRE ACADEMY...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
640 AM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...INCREASED MOISTURE TODAY AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH INSTABILITY WILL PROBABLY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  TONIGHT MOISTURE WILL
INCREASE OVER THE AREA AND THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT
RAIN SHOWERS ALONG WITH LOW CLOUDS WHICH WILL REMAIN OVER THE BURN AREA
THROUGH SATURDAY. LIGHTER TRANSPORT WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL RESULT IN
THE SMOKE DISPERSAL ONLY GETTING INTO THE FAIR CATEGORY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(46 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73F.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN BECOMING SOUTH
                    TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH AFTER
                    1400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1200 THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44F.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-91 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    NORTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS UNTIL
                    1200...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58F.
MIN HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090508.CHEYE.02/PUB