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SPOT FORECAST FOR MONUMENT HAZMAT...EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
559 PM MDT WED APR 20 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...RADAR LOOP SUGGESTS SEVERAL WAVES OF LIGHT SHOWERS
WILL MOVE OVER THE SITE THIS EVENING...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION FROM 1800 UNTIL 2100 MDT. COULD SEE PRECIP AMOUNTS OF
A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...WITH EVEN A FEW ICE PELLETS OR
SNOWFLAKES POSSIBLE UNDER SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. WINDS WILL
REMAIN STRONG OUT OF THE SOUTH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY SWITCHING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WEAKENING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SKIES WILL CLEAR BY
MIDDAY THURSDAY...WITH WINDS BECOMING GUSTY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST
BY AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(68 PERCENT). NUMEROUS SHOWERS UNTIL
                    2400...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-39F.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 12-16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 23 MPH UNTIL 1800...THEN AROUND 19
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1800...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(46 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 14-18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1000.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...KATHY RUSSELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20110420.MONUM.04/PUB