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SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE FOUNTAIN...UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
346 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE DRY AND UNSEASONABLY HOT TODAY...WITH TEMPERATURES
IN THE 90S BELOW 7000 FEET. NO WETTING PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED...BUT
AN ISOLATED STORM COULD OCCUR LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AND
ANY STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. A COLD FRONT WILL
SHIFT WINDS TO THE NORTH BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...AND WILL ALSO INCREASE
HUMIDITY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(45 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 12000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1500...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(60 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(40 PERCENT) UNTIL 0300...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY(55 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63F.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    NORTHEAST UNTIL 2400...THEN NORTHWEST AROUND 8
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2000.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN FAIR UNTIL
                    2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(40 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    THEN SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN SOUTH
                    AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800. GOOD AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110831.LITTL.01/PUB