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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO CANYON...PSICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
657 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...

THIS IS THE 7 PM UPDATE:

AT 7 PM...THE USAFA MESONET STATIONS WERE INDICATING WINDS WERE
DECREASING A BIT...AND THE WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT GENERALLY
5 TO 15 MPH. PIKES PEAK WEATHER STATION WAS INDICATING WINDS FROM THE
SOUTH AT 10 MPH. WOODLAND PARK WEATHER STATIONS WERE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO
15 MPH.

HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS ARE INDICATING THE WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM THE
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO ABOUT 20 MPH UNTIL 2200
LOCAL. TROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST
TO SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH. THESE WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
ABOUT 1500 LOCAL...AND THEN SHIFT BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST BY 1700 LOCAL.

DURING THE AFTERNOON TIME PERIOD TOMORROW...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST AT
5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.

RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN PARK COUNTY
CONTINUES TO DECREASE AND THE CHANCE OF ANY THUNDER IN THE BURN AREA
IS EXTREMELY LOW.

I WILL UPDATE THIS FORECAST AROUND 8 PM.

PUEBLO DISPATCH...PLEASE CALL IF YOU WANT ANY MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(68 PERCENT) UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(33 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-69F.
MAX HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SEE DETAILED WIND FORECAST ABOVE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2300.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 12 MPH UNTIL 0200. NORTHEAST AROUND
                    3 MPH AFTER 0500.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2300. POOR AFTER 0500.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(37 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE UNTIL
                    0900.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SEE DETAILED WIND FORECAST ABOVE.
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.....86-91F.

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FORECASTER...HODANISH
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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