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SPOT FORECAST FOR SMALL IMPACT TRAINING...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
952 AM MDT WED OCT 14 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...THE SPOT SITE SITS IN VICINITY OF A STATIONARY SURFACE
BOUNDARY...WHICH WILL TEND TO MAKE THE WINDS ERRATIC AND DIFFICULT
TO PREDICT THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE LOW CLOUDS RETREATING...THERE
SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT SURFACE HEATING TO ALLOW MIXING OF STRONGER
WESTERLIES ALOFT TO THE SURFACE...RESULTING IN SOME GUSTY WEST
WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL RELAX ON THURSDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BEGINS BUILDING STRONGLY FROM THE WEST.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 12-18 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 1300.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(30 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45F.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH UNTIL 2300...
                    THEN WEST AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN GOOD UNTIL
                    2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST UNTIL 1500...THEN EAST AROUND 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100. 10000 FT AGL AFTER 1300.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    NORTHEAST UNTIL 1300...THEN WEST AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091014.SMALL.01/PUB