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SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTCREEK...USFS- RGF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1109 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012

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

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE BURN AREA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO CRITICAL LEVELS
EACH DAY...GETTING PROGRESSIVELY LOWER THROUGH SUNDAY.  WINDS
WILL NOT BE TOO BAD TODAY...BUT WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVEN MORE SO ON SUNDAY.  THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITIES
INCREASING WINDS AND CRITICAL FUELS HAS RESULTED IN FIRE WEATHER
WATCHES BEING POSTED FOR THE BURN SITE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65F.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WESTERLY WINDS AROUND 9 MPH...WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 20 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDS (35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40F.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-45 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........GENERALLY DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
                    POSSIBLE WESTERLY WIND GUSTS TO AROUND
                    20 MPH AT TIMES EXPOSED RIDGES.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........A FEW HIGH CLOUDS...BUT MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75F.
MIN HUMIDITY........4-9 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 13500 FT AGL AFTER
                    1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    VERY GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN EXCELLENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WALROD
REQUESTED BY...PIDC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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