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SPOT FORECAST FOR TROUT WEST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
531 AM MDT MON MAR 26 2012

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS WILL BRING
STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH AND RED FLAG
CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING AND
THROUGH OUT THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH
THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH DRY WEATHER AND A MORE DIURNAL
WIND REGIME EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(46 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71F.
MIN HUMIDITY........5-10 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH UNTIL
                    0900...THEN 25-29 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 1000. 7500 FT AGL
                    AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 27 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    AROUND 44 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    EXCELLENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35F.
MAX HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 18-22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    41 MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN WEST WINDS 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2000. POOR AFTER 0100.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 4-8 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 11000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    VERY GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WANKOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120327.TROUT.01/PUB