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SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST PIPELINE...FORT CARSON FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
657 AM MST SUN NOV 14 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL REMAIN OVER THE ARE THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT KEEPING COOLER MOIST CONDITIONS OVER THE BURN
SITE.  HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR TODAY AND MONDAY WITH GOOD
RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT.  WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT
WITH POOR SMOKE DISPERSIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER
ON MONDAY AT THE BURN SITE.  STRONGER WINDS ALOFT ON MONDAY
WILL ALSO LEAD TO BETTER MIXING WITH GOOD SMOKE DISPERSALS
EXPECTED.  TUESDAY LOOKS TO BE BREEZY AT THE BURN SITE WITH
GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.  HUMIDITY VALUES
LOOK TO DROP INTO THE TEENS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  THE COMBINATION
OF WINDS AND HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HAZARD FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH
OVER THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WHILE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BY
LATER IN THE WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8
                    MPH BY 1000.  EXPECT WINDS TO TURN SOUTHWESTERLY
                    BY 1600.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 5000 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1600...THEN 3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1300...THEN SOUTH
                    AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND
                    4 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....18-23F.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-81 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 1900.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 11 MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN SOUTH
                    AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 0100...THEN WEST AROUND 7
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(65 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AFTER 1100.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53F.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN NORTH TO
                    NORTHWEST AT 4 TO 9 MPH THROUGH 1700.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 6000 FT AGL AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...MOZLEY
REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101114.WESTP.01/PUB