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SPOT FORECAST FOR PUEBLO WEST FIRE FIREWORKS...PUEBLO WEST FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
143 PM MDT SAT JUL 4 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.  ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE BETWEEN NOW AND 9 PM...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH BY 10 PM...
ALTHOUGH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
WINDS WILL BE GOVERNED MAINLY BY OUTFLOW WINDS CREATED BY THUNDERSTORMS
AND WILL BE QUITE ERRATIC IN BOTH DIRECTION AND SPEED THROUGH THIS
EVENING.  TOMORROW WILL BE A SIMILAR DAY WITH ANOTHER THREAT FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(62 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-88F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(69 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2200...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....61-66F.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 10-20 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    NORTHEAST 7-15 MPH. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH
                    POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 2000.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2000.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2200...THEN 3.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(65 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88F.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST 4-6 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHEAST 8-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...JOSH JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090704.PUEBL.01/PUB