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SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE FOUNTAIN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
626 AM MDT FRI SEP 2 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO TODAY.
THIS WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY
AFTER ABOUT 1400 MDT. WINDS WILL BE PRIMARILY FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST
TODAY...BUT THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTRODUCE SOME GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS LATER
TODAY. ANOTHER FRONTAL PUSH ON SATURDAY WILL LEAD TO EVEN COOLER
WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(65 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 12 MPH
                    AFTER 1200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR TO GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(65 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(40 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61F.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2300.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(45 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN
                    NORTHEAST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    POOR UNTIL 1700...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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