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SPOT FORECAST FOR JOHNSON GULCH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
450 AM MDT SUN SEP 6 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...
A RELATIVELY MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY. A
WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL PASS OVER THE REGION TODAY...PRODUCING
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. WITH LIGHT WINDS ALOFT...STORM MOTION
WILL BE SLOW AND SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. THE
BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

ON MONDAY...THE AIRMASS WILL NOT BE AS MOIST AS SUNDAY...BUT THERE
WILL STILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS.

SURFACE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT EXPECT FOR GUSTY WINDS FROM
NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(69 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67F.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10MPH...WITH GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0700. 9000 FT AGL
                    AFTER 0800.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 2400...THEN PARTLY
                    CLOUDY(49 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    UNTIL 2400...THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52F.
MAX HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.

.LABOR DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68F.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 10000 FT AGL AFTER 0900.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...WOLYN
REQUESTED BY...DENNIS PAGE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090905.JOHNS.01/PUB