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SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK MTN RX...UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
434 PM MDT TUE SEP 20 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...AND WILL LEAD
TO COOL AND STABLE CONDITIONS THROUGH TOMORROW. A SLIGHTLY STRONGER FRONT
WILL ARRIVE LATE WEDNESDAY...BRINGING THE THREAT OF A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO
LATE WEDNESDAY...AND WINDS FROM THE NORTH OR EAST BY LATE WEDNESDAY.
WINDS WILL BE VERY LIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW...AND THIS WILL LIMIT
SMOKE DISPERSION.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(45 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45F.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST OR DOWN SLOPE 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN 2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 15 MPH UNTIL 0500...THEN SOUTH AROUND 5
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(410PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    UNTIL 1200...THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-345PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST UNTIL 1500...THEN NORTHWEST AROUND 8
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 1700...THEN NORTHEAST
                    AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1700...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 3.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110920.BLACK.02/PUB