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SPOT FORECAST FOR CLEAR SPRINGS RANCH DITCH BURN...COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
744 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE THAT BROUGHT WIDESPREAD WET SNOWFALL TO EL PASO
COUNTY LAST NIGHT IS MOVING EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING.  THE
PRECIPITATION IS OVER NOW...WITH CLEARING SKIES APPROACHING FROM
THE NORTHWEST.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE BURN SITE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND COOLER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED.  RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER TEENS TO
LOWER 20S.  LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 15
MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

LATE TONIGHT...A NEW WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST.  THIS WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY.  THERE
COULD BE A BRIEF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWER LATE TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY...BUT
FOR THE MOST PART IT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY WITH THE PASSAGE OF
THIS NEXT SYSTEM.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL AROUND 1000...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY (30
                    PERCENT). ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS...LIGHT FREEZING
                    DRIZZLE OR PATCHY FREEZING FOG POSSIBLE UNTIL 1000.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-51F.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE WINDS 3-5 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    5 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 8500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1700...THEN SOUTH AROUND 8
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1600...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60 PERCENT). AN ISOLATED SHOWER
                    POSSIBLE AFTER 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-28F.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 3-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 0300.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SNOW
                    SHOWER UNTIL 0900.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE WINDS 3-5 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    EXCELLENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

$$
FORECASTER...WALROD
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL MYERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110330.CLEAR.01/PUB