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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAMPART PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
346 AM MST WED DEC 21 2011

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

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 PM MST THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE A 3 TO 4 HOUR WINDOW THIS AFTERNOON WHERE
SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL GET INTO THE FAIR CATEGORY.  THIS EVENING A
WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH WITH SNOW
PROBABLY STARTING BETWEEN 1800 AND 1900.  CLOUDS AND SNOW ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...DECREASING LATE IN THE DAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND.........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 5500 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300 THEN FAIR UNTIL 1700 THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....10-15F.
MAX HUMIDITY........94-99 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...PIKE HOTSHOTS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111220.RAMPA.02/PUB