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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO CANYON...EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1211 AM MDT THU JUN 28 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITY LEVELS.
WITH A WEAK MONSOONAL MOISTURE PLUME OVERHEAD...EXPECT A SLIGHTLY
EARLIER START TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...AND A SLIGHTLY
BETTER CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...ERRATIC WINDS
FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN THE CHIEF THREAT IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. THE EXTREME HEAT LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...WITH DRIER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE THE
MONSOON TRIES TO STRENGTHEN EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(45 PERCENT). AREAS OF SMOKE.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH. EAST OF I-25...SOUTH
                    TO SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN WEST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 14500 FT AGL AFTER
                    1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1200.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(35 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63F.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......13000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 1000 FT AGL AFTER
                    2200.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 0500...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN GOOD UNTIL
                    2100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(30 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 14500 FT AGL AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

$$
FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...PATTY BAXTER  EM EPC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120627.WALDO.02/PUB