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SPOT FORECAST FOR STONEY FACE PILES...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
843 AM MST TUE JAN 4 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TODAY
BRINGING SOME GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE FIRE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

BY SUNSET...COLDER AIR AND THE DISTURBANCE MOVING PAST WILL ALLOW A
SMOKE TRAPPING INVERSION TO FORM WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

WEDNESDAY...WITH COLDER AIR ALOFT AND NORTHWEST FLOW...THE INVERSION
WILL BREAK AFTER 1100...ALLOWING SMOKE DISPERSION TO IMPROVE TO GOOD
THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY UNTIL AROUND 1800.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(45 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....21-26F.
MIN HUMIDITY........39-44 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN UPSLOPE 4
                    TO 6 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH UNTIL 1600...THEN DOWNSLOPE
                    3 TO 5 MPH AFTER 1700.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 27 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1400...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    POOR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(53 PERCENT) UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(45 PERCENT) UNTIL 0200...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY(55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    UNTIL 2300.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....7-12F.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(45 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....30-35F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH UNTIL 1100 BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 34 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. GOOD AFTER 1100.

$$
FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...TYLER WEBB
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110104.STONE.01/PUB