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SPOT FORECAST FOR MASON...PSICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
451 AM MDT TUE JUL 5 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...
AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS MOVED THROUGH PUEBLO EARLY THIS MORNING AND
IS PRODUCING SOME GUSTY NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH.  THE WESTERN
FRINGES OF THESE NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE BURN
AREA EARLY THIS MORNING BRINGING SOME NORTH WINDS 10-15 MPH EARLY
THIS MORNING BEFORE WINDS SHIFT AROUND FROM THE EAST AT AROUND 10
MPH LATER THIS MORNING.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN THE AFTERNOON.  IF THESE DEVELOP NEAR THE BURN SITE...THESE WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING...BUT
LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL.  A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
THIS EVENING...AND IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE BURN SITE BETWEEN
1900 AND 2000.  GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE ALONG WITH GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERIES.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND COULD PRODUCE SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION
IF THEY HAPPEN TO AFFECT THE BURN AREA.

A MUCH BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH WETTING RAINFALL CAN
BE EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AS COOL MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW REMAINS ACROSS
THE BURN SITE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(46 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    DRY THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 4-8 MPH UNTIL 0600...THEN
                    NORTHEAST 10-15 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 10 MPH.  ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50
                    MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0700. 13000 FT AGL
                    AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. FAIR UNTIL 1000. VERY GOOD BY
                    1200.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(59 PERCENT). ISOLATED DRY
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1900...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62F.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN
                    NORTHEAST 15-30 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    NORTHEAST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN 1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2000...GOOD UNTIL 2200...POOR
                    AFTER 2300.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 3.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(68 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN EAST
                    8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0700...THEN 8000 FT AGL
                    BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 4 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN
                    GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

$$
FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110704.MASON.02/PUB