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SPOT FORECAST FOR PIERCE FIRE...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
355 PM MDT THU JUN 24 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...

ISOLATED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED OVER THE BURN SITE INTO FRIDAY.  IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES
SHOULD RUN ABOVE LATE JUNE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES DURING THE PERIOD.
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS...OTHERWISE
GENERALLY LIGHT SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER
9 PM MDT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(51 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(28 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63F.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST-SOUTHEAST AROUND 13 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND
                    22 MPH AT TIMES UNTIL 2100...THEN NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2000.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN EAST
                    AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN NORTH AROUND 5
                    MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN WEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN FAIR UNTIL
                    2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(38 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94-99F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 16000 FT AGL AFTER 1200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1400.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

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REQUESTED BY...MARK GASS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100624.PIERC.01/PUB