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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPIKE BUCK...PSICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
346 AM MDT THU JUN 21 2012

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

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW WILL BE OVER THE REGION TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
ONLY RISE INTO THE LOWER 80S AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONLY
REACH DOWN INTO THE 20 TO 25% VALUES. MORNING CLOUDS OVER THE FIRE
AREA WILL DISSIPATE BY MID TO LATE MORNING.

TOMORROW...METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL
RETURN TO THE BURN AREA. HUMID TY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS BY AFTERNOON AND WINDS WILL GET GUSTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT
20 TO 30 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 90S AND HAINES VALUES
WILL BE 6. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TOMORROW FOR THE
FIRE AREA.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(57 PERCENT) UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    MOSTLY SUNNY(33 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    EAST AROUND 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50F.
MAX HUMIDITY........82-87 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    VARIABLE LESS THAN 6 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN
                    NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(31 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94F.
MIN HUMIDITY........4-9 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13-17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 32 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HODANISH
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120621.SPIKE.01/PUB