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SPOT FORECAST FOR WITHERS CANYON...PSICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
908 AM MDT MON JUL 25 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION
TODAY...ALTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME STORMS MOVING OFF THE MOUNTAINS
TODAY COULD MAKE IT TO THE FIRE AREA.  IF SHOWERS OR STORMS DO MOVE
INTO THE AREA...THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS OF
40-50 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

ON TUESDAY THERE IS A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA AND IT APPEAR THAT THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH
THE THREATS BEING THE SAME AS TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY UNTIL 1300 THEN MOSTLY SUNNY(40 PERCENT).
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-98F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 10700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(68 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(35 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE UNTIL 2200.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....66-71F.
MAX HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2000. POOR BY 0200.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2200...THEN 1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(35 PERCENT)...UNTIL 1600 THEN
                    PARTLY SUNNY(55 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....100-104F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 13100 FT AGL BY 1300.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. GOOD BY 1000...EXCELLENT BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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