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SPOT FORECAST FOR THREEMILE RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 9 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH EVEN
STRONGER SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ANTICIPATED ON MONDAY.  IN
ADDITION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AS WELL AS MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BOTH TODAY AND MONDAY.  THE WARM MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES OF TODAY ARE PROJECTED TO COOL BY 5 DEGREES OR SO BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON.  FINALLY...EXCELLENT SMOKE DISPERSAL VALUES ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON MONDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(49 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1600.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-60F.
MIN HUMIDITY........4-13 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13-17 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 33 MPH
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 9000 FT AGL AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1300.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1600...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(59 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(48 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0300. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AFTER 0200.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-34F.
MAX HUMIDITY........36-45 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13-17 MPH. WIND GUSTS AROUND
                    32 MPH...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 27 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    AROUND 34 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN FAIR UNTIL
                    0200...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 0300...THEN 1.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(58 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    UNTIL 1200...THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-55F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 23-27 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0700. 7500 FT AGL AFTER 0800.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 44 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 0800.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

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