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SPOT FORECAST FOR THREEMILE CREEK BROADCAST RX...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
717 AM MDT WED OCT 7 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...WINDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN RATHER LIGHT TODAY...WHICH WILL
LIMIT DISPERSION TO SOME EXTENT. SURFACE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE
VARIABLE...BUT WITH LIGHT WINDS ALOFT THEY SHOULD BE UP-VALLEY.
AN ISOLATED SHOWER CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO THURSDAY MORNING...AND THE FRONT WILL
MAINLY AFFECT AREAS EAST OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY. HOWEVER...
UNSETTLED AND COOLER WEATHER IS LIKELY TO MOVE IN DURING THE DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(50 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AFTER 0900.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN AROUND
                    15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN
                    VERY GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(65 PERCENT). ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35F.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL UNTIL 2200...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 2100...THEN POOR.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(66 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........THEN WEST AROUND 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...ANDY WHITE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091007.THREE.01/PUB