FNUS75 KPUB 081544
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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAMPART RANGE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
844 AM MST TUE MAR 8 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE EAST INTO KANSAS THIS
MORNING WITH LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.  ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING.
A NORTHWESTERLY JET IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO COLORADO OVERNIGHT
ALLOWING FOR STRONGER WINDS TO MIX OVER THE BURN SITE LATE TONIGHT
INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.  GUSTS MAY EXCEED 30 MPH WITH THIS
JET AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FREEZING FOG AND
                    SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 1100...THEN CHANCE OF
                    SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....26-31F.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(60 PERCENT) UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(30 PERCENT). ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS
                    UNTIL 2300.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....13-18F.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-91 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER 2000.  NORTHWEST WINDS
                    13-17 GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH DEVELOPING AROUND 0400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 26 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-433F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS 13-17 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH
                    AFTER 1200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0600. VERY GOOD AFTER 0900.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...MOZLEY
REQUESTED BY...LISA GOWE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110308.RAMPA.01/PUB