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SPOT FORECAST FOR MEDANO...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
609 AM MDT WED JUL 28 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH A BIT MORE HUMIDITY TODAY...AS
UPSLOPE WINDS PERSIST EAST OF THE SANGRES. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND GENERALLY
FROM THE NORTH AND EAST...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH LATE IN THE DAY. STORM
COVERAGE WILL BE ISOLATED...PERHAPS LESS THAN ON TUESDAY. A MUCH BETTER CHANCE
FOR STORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(50 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-45 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH 10 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN EAST AROUND 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(65 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(40 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56F.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-70 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN
                    NORTH 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(45 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70F.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH 5-7 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 20100727.MEDAN.01/PUB