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SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK MTN RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
635 AM MDT MON OCT 17 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE SITE TODAY...WITH NORTH WINDS
BECOMING GUSTY FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL CLEAR
OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS BELOW FREEZING...THEN EXPECT CLEAR SKIES AND
LIGHT NORTH WINDS ON TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(41 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH UNTIL 1300...THEN
                    NORTH 12-16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 11000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL
                    1200...THEN EXCELLENT UNTIL 1700...THEN VERY
                    GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(29 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-31F.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH 5-10 MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 2200...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 16 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN AROUND 4
                    MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN EAST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL
                    2300...THEN NORTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53F.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH-NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...DENNIS PAGE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111016.BLACK.01/PUB