FNUS75 KPUB 071155
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SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCKETT...PIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
555 AM MDT THU JUL 7 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...
MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION AGAIN TODAY...AND
COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING...WE SHOULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AFTER 1200.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND LIGHTNING.  WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC IN DIRECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS.  WIND SPEEDS COULD
GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER ON FRIDAY
WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(69 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS UNTIL 1200...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1500...THEN NUMEROUS
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-36 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    10-15. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4 UNTIL 1500...THEN 5.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(69 PERCENT). NUMEROUS
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59F.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    NORTHWEST 10-15.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 1800...THEN 1500 FT AGL BY
                    2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................5 UNTIL 2000...THEN 2.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(62 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    UNTIL 1200...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN SOUTHWEST 10-15
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 8000 FT AGL AFTER
                    1200.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 1400.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110706.DUCKE.01/PUB