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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO CANYON...PUEBLO DISPATCH/EL PASO COUNTY EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
747 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

THE OVERALL WIND FLOW IN THE FIRE AREA APPEARS TO BE NORTHWEST TO WEST
AT THIS TIME...BUT IT APPEARS THAT BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100...THE GENERAL
WIND FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 10-15 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 20-25 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  THERE
IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER THEY SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY...WITH STRONG
OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS AND LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME OVERNIGHT...BUT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP
AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND HOT
TEMPERATURES.  A RED FLAG WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR MONDAY AS WELL.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
                    AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 10-15 MPH 1100...THEN BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 10-15 MPH THROUGH ABOUT 1400 THEN
                    UPSLOPE AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 16100 FT AGL BY 1200.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT BY 1200.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 THROUGH 1400...THEN 6.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(57 PERCENT) UNTIL 2200...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(40 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....61-66F.
MAX HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........UPSLOPE  WINDS AROUND 15 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2200.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN GOOD UNTIL
                    2200...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(34 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 10-15 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN UPSLOPE 15-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 14200 FT AGL AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN AROUND 19
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT BY 1400.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.


FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH EL PASO COUNTY EM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120624.WALDO.08/PUB