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SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK MOUNTAIN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
515 PM MDT FRI AUG 28 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...

CLEARING SKIES ARE ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.  FOR SATURDAY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS
ARE STILL PROJECTED TO BRING INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS TO THE BURN SITE
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHICH MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHTLY BETTER
CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM.  VARIABLE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND
HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(52 PERCENT) UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(38 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-49F.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-76 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 0200. WEST AROUND
                    8 MPH AFTER 0500.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(46 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-75F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND 10
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 11500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.

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REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090828.BLACK.02/PUB