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SPOT FORECAST FOR THREEMILE RX...USDA FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
913 AM MDT TUE MAY 11 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...A STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN UTAH WILL MOVE INTO
WESTERN COLORADO LATER TODAY. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AND
BRING COOLER WEATHER AND A CHANCE OF SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED STORMS PARTICULARLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE.
THERE MAY BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT AND INTO
WEDNESDAY...BUT UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK AS A TROUGH SPREADS ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 35 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1200.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100.
                    NUMEROUS SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-29F.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-75 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    35 MPH UNTIL 2100. WEST 10 MPH AFTER 2400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2100...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS NACCARATO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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