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SPOT FORECAST FOR POWER LINE FIRE...LA VETA FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
757 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2011

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH ONLY A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR SOME AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LIGHTNING BEING THE
MAIN THREAT.  GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.

ON SATURDAY THE WINDS SHOULD START OUT FAIRLY LIGHT IN THE MORNING
BUT AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE WINDS WILL AGAIN PICK UP FROM THE
SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS AGAIN WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AGAIN.

OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LOOK LIKELY
FOR THIS DAY...WITH VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH
AND HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(33 PERCENT). ISOLATED DRY
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80F.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-11 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1100 THEN SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH
                    UNTIL 1300...THEN SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH. SOME GUSTS
                    TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0900. 18000 FT AGL
                    BY 1300.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 28 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900. EXCELLENT AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                    2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41F.
MAX HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 13-17 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    NORTHWEST 10-14 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN NORTHEAST
                    AROUND 11 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN VARIABLE 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 11 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1900...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL
                    2000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 2100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(44 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHWEST 15-20 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 32 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 18000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 27 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...CHIEF DAVID DETRAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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