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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROUTE 1  1...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
140 PM MST WED NOV 11 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...CLOUD COVER HAS DIMINISHED ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY
WARMER TEMPS THAN FORECASTED AND AS A RESULT BETTER MIXING. COULD SEE
FAIR SMOKE DISPERSAL THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE MIXING HEIGHTS
DECREASE WITH LOSS OF HEATING WITH SETTING SUN.  STILL EXPECTING
INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON
THURSDAY SUPPORTING GOOD TO VERY GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL FOR THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74F.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST TO NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL UNTIL 1500 THEN 2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1500 THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(50 PERCENT) UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY(65 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45F.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 4-9 MPH UNTIL 2000 THEN
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    AFTER 2300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(60 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13-17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 3000
                    FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 5500 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1600...THEN 2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    VERY GOOD UNTIL 1500...THEN GOOD UNTIL
                    1600...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WANKOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091111.ROUTE.02/PUB