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SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND GULCH...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
424 PM MDT TUE SEP 20 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH TODAY...LEADING TO
COOL STABLE CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...WHICH
WILL LIMIT DISPERSAL...BUT ENOUGH MIXING SHOULD OCCUR TO ALLOW FOR SOME
MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW AND FAIR SMOKE DISPERSAL BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.
A SLIGHTLY STRONGER FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BRINGING THE THREAT OF A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO...AND WINDS SHIFTING TO
THE NORTH AND THEN EAST WEDNESDAY EVENING. VERY LIGHT WINDS WILL AGAIN LEAD TO
POOR OR AT BEST FAIR DISPERSAL ON THURSDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE
AREA. IT WILL BE CLEAR AND DRY ON THURSDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40F.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN 1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(30 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST 5 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN NORTHWEST AROUND 8
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 15 MPH UNTIL 1700...THEN NORTH AROUND 10
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1400...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...TY WEBB
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110920.SANDG.01/PUB