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SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHWAY 67...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
432 PM MDT WED OCT 28 2009

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

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND A FOOT
LIKELY BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS THURSDAY NIGHT. WARMER AND
DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN FRIDAY...LASTING INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....16-21F.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-88 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 12-16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 31 MPH IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 0200. POOR AFTER 0500.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW UNTIL 1200. SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-33F.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS AROUND 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 27 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 0800.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...LISA GOWE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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