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SPOT FORECAST FOR THREEMILE CREEK BROADCAST RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1259 PM MDT THU OCT 8 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...NOT MUCH CHANGE IN PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH UPPER TROUGH AXIS
CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS
ARE CURRENTLY MOVING OUT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WITH THE CONTINUED POTENTIAL
OF SEEING LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE BURN SITE THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING...AS TROUGH AXIS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WILL SEE CLEARING
SKIES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT WITH POTENTIAL FOR BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS
CONTINUING ACROSS THE BURN SITE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY AS MODERATE TO STRONG
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS ACROSS THE STATE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-52F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST TO  SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(62 PERCENT) UNTIL 2100 THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL
                    2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32F.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55F.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 10-15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 31 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    VERY GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WANKOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...PIDC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091008.THREE.02/PUB