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SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE FOUNTAIN...UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
418 AM MDT WED AUG 31 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...THERE REMAINS ENOUGH AVAILABLE MOISTURE FOR ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...WITH
A FEW STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.
STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WITH ONLY
BRIEF PERIODS OF RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE SEASONAL
AVERAGES.

INCREASING FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES WILL LEAD TO BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY
ALONG WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES...EXPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS.
THE PASSING SYSTEM WILL SEND A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH DEVELOPING UPSLOPE FLOW LEADING TO NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES
AND SLIGHTY BETTER CHANCES OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ON FRIDAY WHICH
CONTINUES INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1300 LOCAL...THEN PARTLY
                    CLOUDY(50 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-89F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST TO NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    8-15 MPH. GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0700. 11000 FT AGL
                    AFTER 0800.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 0900.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1500...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(50 PERCENT) UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLEAR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....61-66F.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-12 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN GOOD UNTIL
                    2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(40 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 11000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.

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