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SPOT FORECAST FOR ANGEL CREEK RX...CHAFFEE COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
534 AM MDT WED APR 21 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...
A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO BY THIS AFTERNOON
BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA.  HEAVY RAIN
MAY ACCOMPANY ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT PASS OVER THE
BURN SITE.  GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS MAY IMPACT THE
BURN SITE FROM THUNDERSTORMS PASSING OVER OR NEARBY THE AREA.
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE 20 PERCENT
WHILE AFTERNOON WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 20 MPH PROVIDING
VERY GOOD SMOKE DISPERSALS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

EXPECT TO SEE COOLER WEATHER FOR TOMORROW AS A STRONG STORM
SYSTEM TO THE WEST APPROACHES.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH
GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65F.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE
                    AT 3 TO 6 MPH.  AFTER 1100 BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT
                    6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 9500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 1400.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                    2400...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-37F.
MAX HUMIDITY........82-87 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 18
                    MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER 2100.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL UNTIL 0400...THEN 1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 0100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS UNTIL
                    1200...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH UNTIL 1200 BECOMING SOUTH
                    TO SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR
                    25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 0800.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...MOZLEY
REQUESTED BY...CAPT  KENT MAXWELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100421.ANGEL.01/PUB