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SPOT FORECAST FOR ECO PAKR...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1224 PM MDT FRI SEP 10 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH POSSIBLE. DURING THE
EVENING...THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO THE
EAST OF THE REGION AND NOCTURNAL INVERSIONS DEVELOP. ON
SATURDAY...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST MAY KEEP THE WESTERLY
WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE...WITH LOWER LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW OVER THE FIRE.

WITH A DRY AIR MASS OVER THE REGION...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL NEAR
OR BELOW 15 PERCENT TODAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS
                    TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN EXCELLENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45F.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN GOOD UNTIL
                    2100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83F.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH BY 1000.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 9000 FT AGL AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...TEHN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WOLYN
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100910.ECOPA.01/PUB