FNUS75 KPUB 080953 FWSPUB SPOT FORECAST FOR MEDANO...PIKE NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 353 AM MDT TUE JUN 8 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WARM WEATHER IS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN...WITH WINDS BEING A LITTLE STRONGER THAN YESTERDAY. THERE COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS OR STORMS NEAR THE FIRE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. IF SHOWERS OR STORMS DEVELOP THE WINDS COULD BE ERRATIC AND GUSTY. THE WINDS IN THE MIXING LAYER TODAY WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO YIELD EXCELLENT DISPERSAL BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AND THE SMOKE DISPERSAL SHOULD BECOME POOR BEFORE MIDNIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(50 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83F. MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 3-7 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 22 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 14000 FT AGL BY 1300. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 17 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT BY 1300. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(49 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY(64 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400. MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56F. MAX HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN DOWNSLOPE AROUND 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2100. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 2100...THEN POOR. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1. $$ FORECASTER...EVENSON REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100607.MEDAN.02/PUB