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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLIAMS FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
749 AM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...THERE IS ONLY A VERY SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  HOWEVER IF SHOWERS AND STORMS DO
DEVELOP THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE ERRATIC WINDS WITH GUSTS AROUND
40 MPH POSSIBLE.  ALTHOUGH HUMIDITIES WILL BE RELATIVELY LOW
THIS AFTERNOON...GOOD RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.  THERE IS
A CHANCE THAT LOW CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY.  THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LOOK HIGHER ON
SATURDAY.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN NORTH AROUND 10 MPH
                    UNTIL 1500...THEN NORTHEAST TO EAST AROUND 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 6000 FT AGL AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN NORTHEAST
                    AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD UNTIL
                    1700...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(47 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY(65 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56F.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL UNTIL 2200...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 4 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN WEST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(52 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79F.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1200 THEN BECOMING EAST
                    AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 7700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

$$
FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090717.WILLI.01/PUB