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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHEETAH FIRE...SPANISH PEAKS VFD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
553 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATING TWO THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE BURN SITE IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THE
STRONGEST BOUNDARY LOCATED ALONG WITH PUEBLO/HUERFANO COUNTY LINE AT 530
PM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 24MPH AND COULD BRING GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO
35 MPH TO THE BURN BETWEEN 645 AND 7 PM...IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER. A WEAKER
BOUNDARY IS MOVING FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS EASTERN LAS
ANIMAS COUNTY AND DOES NOT LOOK TO MAKE IT THE BURN SITE AT THIS TIME.

CURRENT RADAR NOT INDICATING ANY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA AT THIS
TIME...HOWEVER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
LATE EVENING...WITH CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT. SIMILAR FORECAST FOR
SUNDAY...WITH CLOUDS BUILDING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE LATE
MORNING SUPPORTING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STORMS
WHICH DEVELOP WILL BE HIGH BASED...SUPPORTING GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
TO 45 MPH WITH LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(52 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(45 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-67F.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 6-11 MPH...WITH POSSIBLE GUSTY NORTH
                    OUTFLOW WINDS AS DISCUSSED ABOVE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 2100. POOR AFTER 0500.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(47 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTH
                    10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0700. 13000 FT AGL
                    AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN SOUTH
                    AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 1700...THEN WEST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

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FORECASTER...WANKOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...JASON CATRAMBONE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120630.CHEET.01/PUB