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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG CANYON...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
744 AM MST THU NOV 12 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...WIND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME
GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.  HIGHER MIXING HEIGHTS AND STRONGER WINDS
TODAY WILL MEAN BETTER SMOKE DISPERSAL THAN YESTERDAY. MIXING HEIGHTS
ON FRIDAY LOOK A LITTLE LOWER...BUT THE TRANSPORT WINDS WILL STILL
BE STRONG ENOUGH TO GET DISPERSALS INTO THE VERY GOOD CATEGORY.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(52 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH UNTIL 1300 THEN
                    SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING EXCELLENT BY 1200...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(57 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44F.
MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59F.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1300...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000 THEN INCREASING TO 6300 FT AGL
                    BY 1300.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 21.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000 THEN GOOD BY 1200...THEN VERY GOOD
                    BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...ANDY CULLAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091112.BIGCA.01/PUB