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SPOT FORECAST FOR ARKANSAS MTN...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
439 AM MDT WED OCT 7 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...WINDS DO NOT LOOK QUITE AS STRONG TODAY AS THEY HAD LOOKED
PREVIOUSLY...BUT WITH THE EXPOSED NATURE OF SPRUCE BASIN TO SOUTHWEST
FLOW...THERE COULD STILL BE SOME GUSTY CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO IS ALSO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. IT WILL BE
WARM TODAY...THEN A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH FROM THE EAST
THURSDAY LATE MORNING OR AFTERNOON...LEADING TO A WIND SHIFT FROM THE
EAST AND NORTH...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...AND COLDER WEATHER.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1300...THEN 3000 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1400...THEN 4500 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 500
                    FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(60 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32F.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(70 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1500...THEN 5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1500...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...JON BREWER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091007.ARKAN.02/PUB