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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANGE 109...FORT CARSON FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
317 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2011

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY EVENING. THERE MAY BE
SOME VERY STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DRY THUNDERSTORMS
BETWEEN NOW AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. ANY WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE QUITE VARIABLE IN DIRECTION.

FOR TOMORROW...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE QUITE LOW ONCE AGAIN BUT WINDS
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE MOST OF THE DAY...MAINLY
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 8 TO 15 MPH. LATE IN THE DAY WINDS MAY PICK UP
FROM THE WEST AND GUSTS TO 20 TO 30 MPH.

.DISCUSSION...

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(28 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60F.
MAX HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    35 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN WEST 8 TO 14 MPH UNTIL
                    2400...THEN NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH. MUCH STRONGER WINDS
                    WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND VIRGA SHOWERS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......18000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2200.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2100...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL
                    2200...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(32 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91F.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-11 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH 8 TO 15 MPH UNTIL 1600..THEN WEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 15000 FT AGL AFTER
                    1200.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 18 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN NORTH
                    AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTH AROUND 9
                    MPH UNTIL 1700...THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    VERY GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HODANISH
REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110616.RANGE.01/PUB