FNUS75 KPUB 040243 FWSPUB SPOT FORECAST FOR PUEBLO WEST 4TH OF JULY ACTIVITIES...PUEBLO WEST FIRE DEPT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 843 PM MDT TUE JUL 3 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY IN THE DAY...BUT WILL PROBABLY BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY AFTER 1400...BUT COULD EASILY HOLD OFF UNTIL 1600. THE MAIN THREATS WITH STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF THE AREA IN THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON COULD SEND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS INTO THE AREA BEFORE WE SEE ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. IT LOOKS LIKE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA THROUGH ABOUT 1900 TO 2000. A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT WEEKS... SHOULD MEAN A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME MEASURABLE RAIN IF SHOWERS OR STORMS DO MOVE OVER THE AREA. .INDEPENDENCE DAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(46 PERCENT)...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTER 1400. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400. MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-98F. MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3. $$ FORECASTER...EVENSON REQUESTED BY...LT ERIC TOFT TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20120703.PUEBL.01/PUB