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SPOT FORECAST FOR SALT FIRE...LA JUNTA FD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
639 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2011

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

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

APPEARS THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED OVER THE FIRE...AS STORMS
HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA. SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH
THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARD MIDNIGHT. RH RECOVERY
OVERNIGHT WILL BE FAIR...WITH MAX HUMIDITY NEAR 60 PERCENT EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER ON SUNDAY WITH ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. THESE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BUT LITTLE RAINFALL. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
BE LOWER ON SUNDAY AS WELL...THOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
LESS THAN 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(58 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(48 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....61-66F.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 13-17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH UNTIL
                    2400...THEN SOUTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 1000 FT AGL AFTER
                    2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2000...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL
                    2100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 2200...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(42 PERCENT). ISOLATED DRY
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94-99F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 18000 FT AGL AFTER
                    1200.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 25 MPH UNTIL 0800. AROUND 6 MPH
                    AFTER 1700.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...THEN FAIR UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1000...THEN EXCELLENT UNTIL
                    1700...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.

$$
FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...AARON EVEATT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110604.SALTF.05/PUB