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SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT C2 RX...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
501 AM MDT WED SEP 30 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH SOUTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO
THE EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. LESS WIND FORECAST
FOR THURSDAY...THOUGH NORTHWEST WINDS COULD GUST TO AROUND 20 MPH FOR
A FEW HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECTING A VERY COLD MORNING FRIDAY
WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS...THEN TEMPS RECOVERING INTO THE LOW 60S BY
AFTERNOON. WINDS ON FRIDAY LOOK VERY LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 21-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 46 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 44 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800. EXCELLENT AFTER 1200.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(64 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36F.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 17-21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    41 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN AROUND 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN 2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 42 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1900...THEN POOR UNTIL
                    0200...THEN FAIR UNTIL 0300...THEN POOR UNTIL
                    0500...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH...A FEW GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    AFTER 1200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 8500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 0900.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...DARWIN SCHULTZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090930.UNITC.01/PUB