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SPOT FORECAST FOR COUNTY ROAD 107 FIRE...SALIDA FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
424 PM MST WED FEB 23 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...A WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA TODAY IS
HELPING TO KEEP GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING
OVERNIGHT.  CLOUDS WILL INCREASE WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SNOW
SHOWERS AFTER 11 PM.  THIS FAST MOVING SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA
TOMORROW MORNING ALLOWING WESTERLY WINDS TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA
AGAIN BY MID MORNING.  GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 2300...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER 2300.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-28F.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN SOUTH WEST
                    5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN 3000 FT AGL UNTIL
                    2200...THEN 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    AT 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1800...THEN FAIR UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(52 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN WEST 15-25 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 7000 FT AGL BY 1200.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800. EXCELLENT AFTER 0900.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS BAINBRIDGE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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