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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROSADO...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
258 PM MDT MON APR 2 2012

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

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

STRONG COLD FRONT DESCENDING THROUGH THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO FUNNEL
STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE VALLEYS AND PASSES OF THE SANGRES AND INTO THE
SAN LUIS VALLEY.  EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 60 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 TO 9 PM THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS SHIFT AROUND
FROM THE NORTH LATER TONIGHT.  RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION
THIS EVENING...BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE FOR A WETTING PRECIPITATION EVENT
OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.  WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER ON TUESDAY WITH HUMIDITY
VALUES REMAINING FAIRLY HIGH.

.DISCUSSION...

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS FROM 1900 TO 2200...THEN SNOW
                    LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30F.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WINDY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 30-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 60 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN 16-20 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42F.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120402.ROSAD.01/PUB