FNUS75 KPUB 091320 FWSPUB SPOT FORECAST FOR PALMER LAKE SAR...EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 720 AM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... FORECAST MODELS SHOW A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OR MOVING INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 1300 AND 1400...AND THEN CONTINUING TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST 2000...BUT SOME ISOLATED STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY STORMS TODAY WILL BE LIGHTNING AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. HOWEVER THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE THAT ONE OR TWO STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING HAIL AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 1600 AND 1700 AND WE COULD SEE SOME GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. ON SUNDAY IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP A LITTLE EARLIER, AROUND 1100 AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE THREATS ON SUNDAY WILL BE LIKE TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1100 THEN PARTLY SUNNY(60 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300. MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82F. MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1100 THEN SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH... BECOMING NORTH AROUND 1600-1700 AROUND 15-20 MPH. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 2400...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(46 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400. MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56F. MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN WEST AROUND 5 MPH. LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(55 PERCENT). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1100. MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82F. MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 4. $$ FORECASTER...EVENSON REQUESTED BY...PATTY BAXTER EM EPC TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20110709.PALME.01/PUB