FNUS75 KPUB 131409
FWSPUB

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAMPART PILES...USDA FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
709 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT COLORADO BY THIS AFTERNOON.
FLOW WILL SHIFT NORTHWESTERLY BY LATE MORNING AS THE TROUGH PASSES
OVERHEAD.  THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE FAVORABLE UPSLOPE FOR POSSIBLE
LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
LESS THAN AN INCH.  SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW REDEVELOPS OVERNIGHT AHEAD
OF ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WHICH WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE BURN SITE
ON TUESDAY.  THERE COULD BE A FEW WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 20 MPH
ON TUESDAY.  SMOKE DISPERSALS WILL GENERALLY BE FAIR TO GOOD TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW
                    AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH UNTIL
                    1000 THEN BECOMING NORTH NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 4000 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1600...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1300...THEN POOR UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    FAIR UNTIL 1500...THEN POOR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(50 PERCENT) UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SNOW UNTIL 2000.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....15-20F.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 1800 BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 8 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER
                    1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-38F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH UNTIL 1100 BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 11 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 6500 FT AGL AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN FAIR.

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FORECASTER...MOZLEY
REQUESTED BY...RICHERT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120213.RAMPA.01/PUB