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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANGE 147...FORT CARSON FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
657 AM MST WED NOV 16 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...VERY LIGHT WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL RESULT IN
POOR SMOKE DISPERSION AS A SHALLOW COOL AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA.
TRANSPORT WINDS WILL INCREASE CONSIDERABLY OVERNIGHT...LEADING TO BETTER
DISPERSION ON THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-45 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 6000 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1600...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN EAST
                    AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN NORTHWEST UNTIL
                    1300...THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....21-26F.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 0100...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 0400...THEN AROUND 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(45 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0600. VERY GOOD AFTER 1000.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111116.RANGE.01/PUB