FNUS75 KPUB 241943 FWSPUB SPOT FORECAST FOR TROUT CREEK RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 143 PM MDT SAT SEP 24 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING GENERALLY DRY SKIES...MILD TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS TO THE BURN SITE THROUGH MONDAY. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MAY BRING AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM TO THE SITE MONDAY AFTERNOON BUT THIS IS PRETTY UNCERTAIN. THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH ANY STORM THAT MIGHT DEVELOP WOULD BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR NEXT FEW DAYS ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45F. MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL AFTER 2100. TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 5 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1900...THEN POOR. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80F. MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH EARLY...BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH AROUND 1000. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 7500 FT AGL AFTER 1100. TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 8 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1200...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN FAIR. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY... CONDITIONS MUCH THE SAME AS ON SUNDAY WITH THE ADDITION OF A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY DRY ON MONDAY...SO THE MAIN CONCERN WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT MIGHT DEVELOP WOULD BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. $$ FORECASTER...WALROD REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110926.TROUT.01/PUB