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SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDGEWOOD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
648 AM MST THU JAN 6 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...

IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY THROUGH THE DAY.  THE WINDS IN THE
MIXING LAYER TODAY SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO ALLOW SMOKE DISPERSAL
TO GET INTO THE GOOD CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON.  ON FRIDAY THE WINDS
IN THE MIXING LAYER WILL BE LIGHTER AND IT LOOKS LIKE SMOKE DISPERSAL
WILL REMAIN IN THE POOR CATEGORY THROUGH THE DAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(57 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-47F.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 12-17 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 UNTIL 1100 THEN
                    WEST 14-19 MPH WITH GUSTS 27-32 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 1200 THEN 4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(28 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....20-25F.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 20-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(37 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46F.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST AROUND 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1300...THEN 2500 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1500...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...SIMON DRISKELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110106.RIDGE.01/PUB