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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPECTACLE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1011 AM MDT THU JUL 23 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE AREA.
EXPECT WARMER TEMPERATURES...AND DRIER AIR TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW. ONCE THE
ATMOSPHERE MIXES OUT...WHICH SHOULD OCCUR BY EARLY AFTERNOON...EXPECT GOOD
SMOKE DISPERSAL'S. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY CONVECTION SHOULD STOP
SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

ONCE THE INVERSION OCCURS THIS EVENING...EXPECT DOWN VALLEY FLOW. THE WINDS SHOULD
BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST TODAY AND THEN MOSTLY WESTERLY TOMORROW MORNING
BEFORE BECOMING MAINLY SOUTHERLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(42 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 10500 FT AGL AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200. GOOD AFTER 1400.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(42 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46F.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 11 MPH THEN DOWNVALLEY FLOW TOWARDS MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(39 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77F.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WESTERLY AT 5-10 MPH AND THEN SHIFTING TO SOUTHERLY WINDS
                    10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0700. 9500 FT AGL
                    AFTER 0900.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN SOUTH
                    AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 1700...THEN WEST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.

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FORECASTER...CERU
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090723.SPECT.01/PUB