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SPOT FORECAST FOR FRENCHMAN CREEK...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
906 AM MST TUE JAN 5 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...

MILD WEATHER TODAY WITH SEASONALLY WARM DAYTIME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES.
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD DISPERSAL'S ONCE THE INVERSION LIFTS.
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WILL BE A DIFFERENT STORY. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
WILL MOVE INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT...AND TOMORROW. THIS
SYSTEM WILL KEEP WINDS OUT OF THE WEST TO NORTHWEST BUT THEY MAY
BE GUSTY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL BECOME A POSSIBILITY BY MID EVENING.
THAT CHANCE FOR SNOW WILL INCREASE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM
TONIGHT UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT ARE POSSIBLE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(56 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 31 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0600. VERY GOOD AFTER 1100.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(69 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SNOW UNTIL 2300...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....10-15F.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 29 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1800...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1900...THEN
                    POOR.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-33F.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 11-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 29 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 42 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN POOR.

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FORECASTER...CERU
REQUESTED BY...SALIDA RANGER DISTRICT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100105.FRENC.01/PUB