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SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDGEWOOD PILES...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
457 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 MAKE IT INTO THE FAIR CATEGORY. TONIGHT A STORM
SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...WITH SNOW PROBABLY BEGINNING BETWEEN
1800 AND 1900...AND THEN CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 12-17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...INCREASING TO AROUND 5600
                    FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 11.
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........92-97 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........BECOMING NORTHEAST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....15-20F.
MIN HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 17 MPH UNTIL 0700...THEN NORTHEAST
                    AROUND 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...SHANNON MOORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111221.RIDGE.01/PUB