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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAMPART PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
634 PM MDT TUE NOV 1 2011

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

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT WEDNESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE AREA WILL INTENSIFY TONIGHT AND COULD
BECOME HEAVY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. ALONG WITH STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS...WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A COUPLE HOURS
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATER MORNING...WITH ONLY
A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS
WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE
RELAXING IN THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....20-25F.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-100 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST 12 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN NORTHEAST 20-30 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0200...THEN 4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 25 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN AROUND 10
                    MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN NORTH AROUND 25 MPH UNTIL
                    0200...THEN AROUND 40 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0200...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL
                    0500...THEN EXCELLENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW UNTIL
                    1000...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....25-30F.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-55 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
                    MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 15-20 MPH...THEN NORTHEAST
                    10 MPH AFTER 1500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 40 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN AROUND 25
                    MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN AROUND 35 MPH UNTIL
                    1700...THEN AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1700...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...JOHN MASTERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111102.RAMPA.01/PUB