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SPOT FORECAST FOR FRENCHMAN CREEK...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
834 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009

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

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

A SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA TODAY. AN ARCTIC JET
THAT IS MOVING OVER THE AREA SHOULD ALLOW FOR INCREASING
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. SMOKE DISPERSIONS WILL INCREASE AS THE DAY
CONTINUES AS THE ATMOSPHERE MIXES OUT LATE IN THE MORNING...EARLY
AFTERNOON. WITH THE STRONG ARCTIC JET OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO THE SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1100...THEN SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....22-27F.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0600. GOOD AFTER 1100.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....11-16F.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 26 MPH UNTIL 0400...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 39 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 2000...THEN POOR.

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FORECASTER...CERU
REQUESTED BY...SALIDA RANGER DISTRICT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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