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SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHWAY 67...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
524 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012

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

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL
FOR SOME SHOWERS IN THE AREA WHICH COULD CAUSE ERRATIC WINDS WITH
GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH.  THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION THEN IS EXPECTED
TO DECREASE BY ABOUT 2000.  THERE WILL THEN BE THE CHANCE FOR SNOW
AFTER ABOUT 0500 ON FRIDAY...WITH SNOW THEN EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH
OF THE DAY. THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE FORECAST MODELS WITH
REGARDS TO HOW MUCH SNOW MAY FALL BUT AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE
AROUND 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(65 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AFTER 1300 UNTIL 1500...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-44F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH UNTIL 1200 THEN WEST WINDS
                    15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 14000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 32 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    VERY GOOD UNTIL 1200...THEN EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....10-15F.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 1500 FT AGL UNTIL
                    2200...THEN 5000 FT AGL UNTIL 0200...THEN 3000
                    FT AGL UNTIL 0400...THEN 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 11 MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN
                    AROUND 23 MPH UNTIL 0100...THEN AROUND 11 MPH
                    UNTIL 0400...THEN NORTH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 0200...THEN
                    POOR.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....29-35F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 15500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0600. EXCELLENT AFTER 1100.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...MARK LEEPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120301.HIGHW.01/PUB