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SPOT FORECAST FOR HWY 67...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
542 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011

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

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY
FUELS IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 6 PM TODAY...

.DISCUSSION...

A PACIFIC NORTHWEST SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE BURN SITE TODAY
CAUSING WINDS TO INCREASE AND HUMIDITIES TO DROP.  PER COORDINATION
WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES YESTERDAY...FUELS ARE CRITICAL
OVER ZONE 221 AT THIS TIME. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DRY FUELS...ZONE
221 IS EXPECTED TO SEE WIND GUSTS AND HUMIDITIES REACH CRITICAL LEVELS
TODAY.  CONSEQUENTLY...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM
UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR ZONE 221...INCLUDING THE BURN SITE.

VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN SITE LATE TONIGHT AS
A POWERFUL JETSTREAM MOVES OVERHEAD.  WESTERLY WIND GUSTS TO AROUND
60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

ON SATURDAY...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT THE SITE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES WILL KEEP METEOROLOGICAL
PARAMETERS BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS...SO NO FIRE WEATHER WATCH OR RED FLAG
WARNING AT THIS TIME.  HOWEVER...CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED DUE TO THE
STRONG WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 35 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0600. GOOD AFTER 0900.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35F.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 60 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN AROUND 70
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1900...THEN POOR UNTIL 0400...THEN
                    FAIR.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VERY WINDY. WEST WINDS 35-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 60 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN 15-20 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 1600...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 75 MPH UNTIL 1000...DROPPING TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH AFTER 1600.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 0800...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL
                    1500...THEN FAIR.

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FORECASTER...WALROD
REQUESTED BY...LISA GOWE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111118.HWY67.01/PUB