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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHALK CREEK PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
759 AM MST MON NOV 2 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING GENERALLY DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS
TO THE SITE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  VENTILATION RATES SHOULD GENERALLY
BE IN THE FAIR TO GOOD RANGES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50F.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........BECOMING UPVALLEY/UPSLOPE 5-10 MPH LOWER VALLEYS
                    AND SLOPES WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH HIGHER
                    TERRAIN.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900. GOOD AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....19-24F.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WINDS BECOMING DOWNVALLEY/DOWNSLOPE 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1800...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-52F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........BECOMING UPVALLEY/UPSLOPE 5-10 MPH LOWER VALLEYS
                    AND SLOPES WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH HIGHER
                    TERRAIN.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 26 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...WALROD
REQUESTED BY...SALIDA RD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091102.CHALK.01/PUB