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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPECTACLE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
520 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...

AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE BURN SITE
...EXPECT WARMER CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH ISOLATED MAINLY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(61 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(33 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-51F.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-92 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH .
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(44 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-89F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0700. 14500 FT AGL
                    AFTER 0800.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

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TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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