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SPOT FORECAST FOR MEDANO...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
716 PM MDT MON JUL 19 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...

TODAY WAS LIKELY THE LAST "REALLY HOT" DAY THAT WE WILL SEE FOR AWHILE.
MONSOON MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY INCREASE STARTING TOMORROW...
AND WITH THE INCREASING MOISTURE WE WILL SEE MORE CLOUDS AND LESS SUN.
ADDITIONALLY...COMPUTER SIMULATIONS ARE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE WITH SOME RAIN
FOR YOUR REGION TOMORROW...SO YOU WILL LIKELY SEE SOME PRECIPITATION. IF
YOU DO NOT SEE IT TOMORROW...YOU WILL LIKELY SEE IT WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.

20 FOOT WINDS WILL MAINLY BE DRIVEN BY THE DIURNAL CIRCULATION FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. WE WILL LIKELY SEE SOME GUSTY WINDS IN AND NEAR ANY
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP OVER THE IMMEDIATE REGION.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(56 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 0900 UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75F.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH UNTIL
                    1500...THEN EAST AROUND 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 0900...THEN 2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(62 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-62F...EXCEPT 46-52F ABOVE 10000 FEET.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(47 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-87F...EXCEPT 59-76F ABOVE 10000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-34 PERCENT...EXCEPT 34-46 PERCENT ABOVE
                    10000 FEET.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH UNTIL
                    0900...THEN SOUTHWEST 5-12 MPH.
LAL.................4.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.


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FORECASTER...HODANISH
REQUESTED BY...ZION MODULE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100719.MEDAN.01/PUB