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SPOT FORECAST FOR MASON...PIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
504 AM MDT THU JUL 7 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...
EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL KEEP HIGHER HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS
ON THE SUSCEPTIBLE SOILS OF THE OLD BURN SCAR AREAS.  WINDS WILL
BE ERRATIC IN DIRECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 2000.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER FOR FRIDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF
SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(67 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300...THEN NUMEROUS
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80F.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    8-15 MPH. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN INCREASING TO
                    6000 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100. FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4 UNTIL 1500...THEN 5.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(68 PERCENT). NUMEROUS
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62F.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 10-20 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 1000 FT AGL
                    BY 2000.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST 10 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1900...THEN 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(58 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHEAST 10-15
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1700.
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.MASON.01/PUB