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SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND GULCH...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
302 PM MDT SAT APR 30 2011

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

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
MDT SUNDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING AND LAST THROUGH TOMORROW
MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SNOW DEVELOPING EARLY THIS EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....16-21F.
MAX HUMIDITY........89-94 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE WIND LESS THAN 6 MPH THEN NORTHEAST AROUND 10
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 0100...THEN
                    POOR UNTIL 0200...THEN FAIR UNTIL 0400...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW UNTIL 1200...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....29-34F.
MIN HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...THEN FAIR UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HODANISH
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110430.SANDG.02/PUB