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SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHWAY 67 PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
852 AM MDT THU MAR 25 2010

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

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL PASS OVER THE BURN SITE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH WINDS INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW
GUSTS OVER 20 MPH EXPECTED.  WINDS MAY BE AN ISSUE FOR
TONIGHT WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT INCREASING WHICH
MAY KEEP WINDS FROM DECOUPLING UNTIL LATER IN THE NIGHT.
A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES BEGINNING LATE
TOMORROW WHICH WILL BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE BURN SITE.
THERE IS A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES.  COLDER
AIR WILL MOVE OVER THE BURN SITE TOMORROW NIGHT WITH
A CHANGE TO SNOW EXPECTED.  SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY.

SMOKE DISPERSALS WILL BE POOR THIS MORNING WITH FAIR
DISPERSALS EXPECTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON.  DEPENDING ON
WHEN WINDS DECOUPLE TONIGHT...ONSET OF POOR DISPERSALS
MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WINDS ALOFT
INCREASE.  EXPECTED POOR CONDITIONS BY TOMORROW MORNING
WITH FAIR TO GOOD DISPERSALS FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-39F.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    14 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 22 MPH
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. FAIR AFTER 1400.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(65 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....20-25F.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
                    TO 18 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 34 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 0800 BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST AT 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN FAIR.

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FORECASTER...MOZLEY
REQUESTED BY...DREW MAXWELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100325.HIGHW.01/PUB