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SPOT FORECAST FOR ENGLISH VALLEY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
445 AM MDT WED APR 27 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL START OUT BREEZY ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING...WITH WINDS SLOWLY DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER THAN THOSE OF
YESTERDAY.  ON THURSDAY...WINDS WILL START OUT LIGHT...BUT WILL
INCREASE TOWARDS THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON.  HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LIKELY DROP
BELOW 15 PERCENT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND COMBINED WITH GUSTY
WINDS COULD LEAD TO RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF FUELS ARE
SUFFICIENTLY DRY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(26 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 15-25 MPH UNTIL NOON...THEN NORTHWEST WINDS
                    10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN INCREASING TO
                    7000 FT AGL BY NOON.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 0900.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(27 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....21-26F.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2100.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(29 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 4-6 MPH UNTIL 1300...THEN SOUTHWEST 10-20
                    MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE AFTER 1500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 1100. SOUTHWEST AROUND
                    24 MPH AFTER 1500.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN EXCELLENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...SID HALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110427.ENGLI.01/PUB