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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROD AND GUN CLUB...FORT CARSON FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
722 AM MDT FRI OCT 21 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...

NOT MUCH GOING ON TODAY. BENIGN WEATHER PATTERN WILL ALLOW FOR WIND
FLOW TO BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN TODAY. IT WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR FOR THE
NEXT 36 HOURS.

WIND FLOW IN THE LOWER 1/2 OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY LIGHT TODAY THAT
IS WHY THE SMOKE DISPERSION IS ONLY "FAIR".

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75F.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH UNTIL 0900 THEN SOUTHEAST
                    4 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0900. 9500 FT AGL
                    AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN WEST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44F.
MAX HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 4 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN NORTH
                    AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN SOUTH AROUND 3
                    MPH UNTIL 1700...THEN NORTHEAST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HODANISH
REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111021.RODAN.02/PUB