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SPOT FORECAST FOR MEDANO...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
457 AM MDT TUE JUL 27 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. ONLY ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND IT IS NOT LIKELY THE AREA WILL SEE MUCH
PRECIPITATION UNTIL THE MONSOON RETURNS LATE IN THE WEEK. WINDS WILL BE
LIGHT AND VARIABLE TODAY...BUT WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND THEN EAST
AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY SUNNY(60
                    PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST AROUND 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 2 UNTIL 1500...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(60 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(30 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55F.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(40 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST AROUND 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...BLACK HILLS MODULE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100726.MEDAN.01/PUB