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SPOT FORECAST FOR FOUR MILE CREEK...PIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1222 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE FIRE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS BUT ONLY BRIEF LIGHT
RAINFALL AS AIR MASS IS FAIRLY DRY. A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORMS WILL END AROUND SUNSET...WITH CLEARING
SKIES OVERNIGHT. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN ON THURSDAY...WITH
ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN POSSIBLE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(63 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1500...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(69 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(39 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57F.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(44 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1100.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86F.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DONWSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 12000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. GOOD AFTER 1200.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110824.FOURM.01/PUB