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SPOT FORECAST FOR BROWNS CREEK PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
600 AM MST WED JAN 13 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING
BECOMES MORE SOUTHWEST AND WEAKENS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS A PACIFIC
WEATHER SYSTEM ACROSS THE WEST COAST MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN
REGION. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD LIGHT SNOWFALL TO THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT AS IT
CONTINUES TO TRACK INTO CENTRAL ARIZONA...WITH COOLER CONDITIONS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE BURN SITE TOMORROW. GENERALLY FAIR SMOKE DISPERSIONS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE BECOMING POOR ONCE AGAIN AS FLOW ALOFT
WEAKENS INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(55 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 5-9 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 14 MPH UNTIL 1300...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 11.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    POOR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....17-22F.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1800...THEN NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....30-35F.
MIN HUMIDITY........46-51 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

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FORECASTER...WANKOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...JOHN  MARKALUNAS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100113.BROWN.01/PUB