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SPOT FORECAST FOR SMALL IMPACT...FORT CARSON FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
729 AM MST THU NOV 18 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL
RESULT IN DRY WEATHER AND WARMER TEMPERATURES.  IT LOOKS LIKE
THE WINDS SHOULD PICK UP LATER THIS MORNING FROM THE WEST TO
SOUTHWEST.  SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
NIGHT IN THE BURN AREA AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY...BUT
THEN SHOULD DECREASE SOME FOR THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON
HOURS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(26 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-5 MPH UNTIL 1000 THEN SOUTHWEST TO WEST
                    WINDS AROUND 15 MPH UNTIL 1300...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    6-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 1400...THEN 4200 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1700...THEN 2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD BY 1300...BECOMING
                    FAIR AROUND 1700.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36F.
MAX HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 11-16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 22
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 27 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68F.
MIN HUMIDITY........5-10 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 11-16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 22
                    MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL UNTIL 1600...THEN 1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN
                    GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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