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SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND ARROYO...PSICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
353 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A COUPLE HOURS OF MARGINALLY
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING...AS SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS GUST TO 30 MPH OR HIGHER.
STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROBABLY REMAIN MOSTLY WEST OF THE SPOT
LOCATION...BUT COULD BE NEAR ENOUGH TO RESULT IN SOME BRIEF ERRATIC WINDS.
A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY MORNING AND CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE OVER
THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(35 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....98-103F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 15-20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 14000 FT AGL AFTER 1200.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1200.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(55 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(35 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....63-68F.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-645PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1900...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(50 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    NORTHEAST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 7000
                    FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN NORTH
                    AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN NORTHEAST
                    AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1700...THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND
                    5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.

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