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SPOT FORECAST FOR FLORISSANT PILE RX...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
733 AM MDT WED APR 14 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...

DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY UNTIL
THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN YESTERDAY.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY UNTIL
TOMORROW THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH EAST.

SMOKE DISPERSALS WILL BE GOOD DUE TO THE WARM DAYTIME TEMPERATURES MIX
OUT THE INVERSION. UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL BE WEAKER THAN IT HAS BEEN THE
LAST FEW DAYS. INVERSIONS WILL TAKE EFFECT SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(34 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60F.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........CALM WINDS UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTH AROUND 10
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 1400.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(43 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38F.
MAX HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL
                    MIDNIGHT THEN NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(50 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 0900 THEN
                    EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 11000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 4 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTH
                    AROUND 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1400...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...CERU
REQUESTED BY...JAMES CHAMP
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100414.FLORI.01/PUB