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SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND GULCH...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1132 AM MDT WED SEP 21 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...

A QUICK MOVING UPPER WEATHER DISTURBANCE IS PROJECTED TO PUSH
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BURN SITE...
ESPECIALLY FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
GENERALLY DRY AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP OVER THE BURN SITE FROM THE END OF THIS WEEK
INTO MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES(ESPECIALLY
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES) RUNNING WELL ABOVE LATE SEPTEMBER
SEASONAL AVERAGES DURING THIS TIME-FRAME.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(32 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-69F.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-32 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST-NORTHWEST AT 3 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL UNTIL 1600...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    VERY GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                    2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-43F.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-84 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST AT 3 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL UNTIL 0500...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN EAST
                    AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0500...THEN NORTHWEST AROUND
                    9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-69F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-24 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST-NORTHWEST AT 3 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 7500 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1600...THEN 3500 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 500
                    FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 4 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

$$
REQUESTED BY...TY WEBB
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110921.SANDG.01/PUB