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SPOT FORECAST FOR FCCO SMALL IMPACT...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
741 AM MST SAT NOV 27 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.
WINDS SHOULD STAY RELATIVELY LIGHT TODAY...BUT WILL INCREASE CONSIDERABLY
ON SUNDAY WITH RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AND BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME PRECIPITATION
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58F.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1200...THEN 3000 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1400...THEN 5000 FT AGL UNTIL 1500...THEN 2000
                    FT AGL UNTIL 1600...THEN LESS THAN 500 FEET
                    AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1500...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....21-26F.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 15-120MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1200...THEN 4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800. GOOD AFTER 1200.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101127.FCCOS.01/PUB