FNUS75 KPUB 152009
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SPOT FORECAST FOR LODGEPOLE FLATS RX...USFS- RGF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
209 PM MDT FRI OCT 15 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...

DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.  ON SATURDAY THE
TRANSPORT WINDS WILL NOT BE ALL THAT STRONG...BUT MIXING HEIGHTS
WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO YIELD FAIR DISPERSAL BY AFTERNOON...AND
REACHING INTO THE GOOD CATEGORY BY MID AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-29F.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-57 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR BY 0100.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN SOUTH
                    TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 11500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...PIDC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101015.LODGE.03/PUB