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SPOT FORECAST FOR COLUMBINE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
633 PM MDT TUE JUN 29 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST
COLORADO THIS EVENING WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA BY
TOMORROW EVENING.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK FROM
SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS THE BURN SITE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS...AS THEY CIRCULATE CLOCKWISE AROUND THE BASE OF THE HIGH.
WINDS WILL NOT BE PARTICULARLY STRONG...GOING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY TONIGHT
AND SWINGING AROUND TO UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  HUMIDITIES
TOMORROW SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE EXPERIENCED TODAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(50 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(30 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0300.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40F.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL UNTIL 2400...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2300. POOR AFTER 0500.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 2 UNTIL 0300...THEN 1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    (60 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-7 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 12500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1700...THEN
                    NORTHWEST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. FAIR AFTER 1200.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...WALROD
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100629.COLUM.01/PUB