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SPOT FORECAST FOR TURKEY GULCH PILES...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
524 AM MST WED DEC 21 2011

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

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 PM MST THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

WITH SUCH LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MIXING LAYER TODAY, SMOKE
DISPERSAL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE POOR CATEGORY ALL DAY.
TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...BRINGING SNOW
WHICH WILL LIKELY BEGIN BETWEEN 2100 AND 2200.  SNOW IS THEN
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING.  WINDS IN THE MIXING
LAYER ON THURSDAY WILL BE MUCH STRONGER AND SMOKE DISPERSAL
SHOULD BE IN THE GOOD OR VERY GOOD CATEGORY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(28 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42F.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    VARIABLE 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 2100 THEN SNOW LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....10-15F.
MAX HUMIDITY........89-94 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN EAST
                    AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....14-19F.
MIN HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL...INCREASING TO AROUND 5100 FT AGL
                    BY 1200.
TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 17 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN NORTHEAST
                    AROUND 29 MPH UNTIL 1600...THEN EAST AROUND 15
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN POOR.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...TY WEBB
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111221.TURKE.01/PUB