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SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND GULCH...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
324 PM MDT THU APR 28 2011

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

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME SLIGHTLY MORE WEST-SOUTHWEST
OVERNIGHT...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT WILL BE POOR AS STRONG WINDS KEEP THE
AIR MASS MIXED. VERY WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS LIKELY ON FRIDAY...
WITH WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH AT TIMES AND HUMIDITY FALLING TO
BELOW 15 PERCENT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AND
GUSTING TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. AIR MASS WILL BE MUCH MOISTER LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW
BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING.
.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(29 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41F.
MAX HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12-16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    LATE IN THE NIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 34 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN GOOD UNTIL
                    2100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(37 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 22-28 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 45 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 44 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110428.SANDG.02/PUB