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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP MOUNTAIN...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
616 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...GOVERNED BY DRAINAGE FLOWS TONIGHT
AND COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  HUMIDITIES TOMORROW
SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE EXPERIENCED TODAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(30 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0300.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43F.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2 UNTIL
                    0300...THEN 1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-7 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 10000 FT AGL AFTER 0900.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN AROUND 5
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300...THEN FAIR.
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.SHEEP.01/PUB