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SPOT FORECAST FOR RORA...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
340 AM MST WED JAN 6 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...EXPOSED WEATHER OBSERVATION SITES THIS MORNING WERE
INDICATING WINDS FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH.
LOOKING AT A MAP OF YOUR BURN LOCATION IT APPEARS YOU GUYS ARE
SHELTERED A BIT SO I DO NOT EXPECT THE WINDS TO GET TOO STRONG
AT YOUR LOCATION. I CANT RULE OUT A FEW BRIEF GUSTS...BUT OVERALL
WINDS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 10 MPH RANGE THROUGH TODAY.

EXPECT SOME SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION BY LATER TONIGHT
SO EXPECT POOR SMOKE DISPERSION FOR TOMORROW.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL
                    0800...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    SNOW LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-38F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL UNTIL 1400...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    VERY GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN POOR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    CHANCE OF SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....-2 TO 3F.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(59 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....14-19F.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........CALM WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

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