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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO CANYON...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
324 PM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW HOT AND DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS
TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.  RELATIVELY POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
ARE ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.  MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITES ON SUNDAY ARE PROJECTED
TO DROP TO BELOW 10 PERCENT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
LOCALIZED WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT TIMES ARE ANTICIPATED TONIGHT
WITH WINDS THEN DECREASING...ESPECIALLY BY MIDNIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(29 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-68F.
MAX HUMIDITY........26-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP
                    TO 35 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 1000 FT AGL AFTER
                    2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2000. POOR AFTER 0500.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(37 PERCENT).
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND 10
                    MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH AT TIMES.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 15000 FT AGL AFTER
                    1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-95F.

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REQUESTED BY...PIDC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120623.WALDO.01/PUB