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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHELL FIRE...RICHARDSON IMT2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
145 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2011

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FIRE AREA BOTH
DAYS...BUT MORESO ON MONDAY. SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY LEVELS AND
EXPECTED INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE PROMPTED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THE AREA ON MONDAY UNTIL 9 PM. SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND LESS WIND IS IN THE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY...BUT
ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT THERE WILL BE A HAINES OF 6 BOTH
DAYS...SO VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. NO THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-97F.
MIN HUMIDITY........2-7 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH 2-5 MPH THROUGH 0900...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    WINDS 8-12 MPH THROUGH 1200. AFTER 1200...SOUTHWEST
                    15-20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-58F.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST-SOUTHWEST 11-15 WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    30 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN SOUTH 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-90F.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-15 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH-NORTHEAST 4-8 MPH...INCREASING TO 11-15
                    MPH AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1


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FORECASTER...MOORE
REQUESTED BY...LARRY LONG
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110611.SHELL.02/PUB