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SPOT FORECAST FOR ALAMADITAS...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
541 AM MDT WED SEP 28 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH WARM AND
DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE BURN SITE TODAY.  EXPECT TYPICAL DIURNAL
AND TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WITH FAIR DISPERSALS
WITH THE AFTERNOON MIXING.  NO THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW MORNING
WHICH WILL BRING A QUICKER ONSET TO THE SOUTHEAST WINDS.  THEY
WILL ALSO BE GUSTY WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH.  AN AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW
WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING EAST TO
                    SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER
                    1000.  WINDS WILL SHIFT WESTERLY 4 TO 8 MPH
                    AFTER 1700.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 2500 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1100...THEN 9500 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 5500
                    FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 1700...THEN SOUTH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THIS MORNING TO FAIR AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38F.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN NORTHWEST
                    UNTIL 2300...THEN NORTHEAST UNTIL 0500...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(35 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 1000 BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 2500 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1100...THEN 9500 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 5500
                    FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

$$
FORECASTER...MOZLEY
REQUESTED BY...SID HALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110928.ALAMA.01/PUB