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SPOT FORECAST FOR BOOGER RED...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
520 AM MDT TUE MAY 18 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE
TODAY AND WEDNESDAY...BRINGING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEVERE
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT THEY SHOULD STAY EAST
OF INTERSTATE 25 AND THE BURN AREA. ONE THING TO NOTE...ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WITHIN SIGHT OF THE BURN AREA COULD
PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (66 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH 1-3 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    4-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH AFTER 1200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    AROUND 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1400.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (67 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-38F.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    NORTHWEST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58F.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS 5-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 11000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 0800.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4.

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FORECASTER...MOORE
REQUESTED BY...TYLER WEBB
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100518.BOOGE.01/PUB