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SPOT FORECAST FOR MEDANO...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
552 AM MDT THU JUL 29 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER TODAY...WITH A SLIGHTLY
BETTER CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. A WEAK FRONT COMING IN FROM THE NORTH AND EAST
TONIGHT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD STORMS AND COOLER
WEATHER ON FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(45 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75F.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........UP SLOPE 3-7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(60 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(45 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55F.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWN SLOPE 3-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(60 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1500...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70F.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST 5-7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...BLACK HILLS MODULE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100728.MEDAN.01/PUB