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SPOT FORECAST FOR COLUMBINE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1029 AM MDT WED JUN 30 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED
TODAY INTO THURSDAY AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY DRIFTS
EAST OF THE AREA. SHOULD SEE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS BOTH TODAY AND THURSDAY...WHICH MAY PRODUCE
SOME BRIEFLY ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN
THE 70S TODAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY...WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY AROUND
20 PERCENT BOTH DAYS. SHOULD SEE GOOD RH RECOVERY OVERNIGHT...AS
SKIES CLEAR AND TEMPERATURES COOL INTO THE LOWER 40S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY SUNNY(68
                    PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 12500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN SOUTHWEST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1700...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(59 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(43 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43F.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-7 MPH AFTER 2000.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL UNTIL 2300. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(53 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0700. 12500 FT AGL
                    AFTER 0800.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTH
                    AROUND 4 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...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...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100630.COLUM.01/PUB