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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAMPART PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
743 AM MST TUE JAN 3 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER BURN SITE THROUGH TONIGHT.
A VERY WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
BURN SITE TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING WITH IT A FEW HIGH CLOUDS.
OTHERWISE...THE DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY.  INCREASED
TRANSPORT WINDS AND MIXING HEIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF
THE UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL PROMOTE GOOD TO VERY GOOD VENTILATION
RATES THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35 PERCENT). A FEW HIGH CLOUDS
                    AT TIMES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL UNTIL 1600...THEN 2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    VERY GOOD UNTIL 1500...THEN GOOD UNTIL
                    1600...THEN FAIR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. A FEW HIGH CLOUDS AT TIMES.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....20-25F.
MAX HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

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FORECASTER...WALROD
REQUESTED BY...PIKE HOTSHOTS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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