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SPOT FORECAST FOR NOVEMBER RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1152 AM MDT MON SEP 27 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO
THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK...WITH DRY AIR AND LIGHT WINDS PERSISTING.
MORNING MODEL DATA SUGGESTS MIXING HEIGHTS MAY BE HIGH ENOUGH
FOR DISPERSAL TO NUDGE INTO THE FAIR CATEGORY FOR A FEW HOURS THIS
AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THOUGH TRANSPORT WINDS WILL
REMAIN VERY LIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1200...THEN 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45F.
MAX HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN LESS THAN 500
                    FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN WEST AROUND
                    4 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 8500 FT AGL AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...KENT SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100928.NOVEM.01/PUB