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SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDGEWOOD PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
843 AM MST TUE DEC 20 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...

TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE ARE GOING TO RISE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY WHILE THE TEMPERATURES NEAR THE GROUND WILL RISE ONLY
GRADUALLY. THIS WILL KEEP A STRONG INVERSION OVER THE IMMEDIATE
REGION THROUGHOUT TODAY...AND THIS WILL KEEP SMOKE DISPERSION VALUES
IN THE POOR CATEGORY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(31 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-37F.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 3500 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1600...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...HODANISH
REQUESTED BY...PIKE HOTSHOTS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111220.RIDGE.01/PUB