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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO CANYON...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
341 AM MDT SUN JUL 15 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...MAIN CONCERN TODAY WILL BE INCREASED CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS. MOST SHOULD STAY OVER PIKES PEAK OR POINTS TO THE WEST...BUT
AN ISOLATED STORM COULD MOVE EAST TO THE BURN AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BE
LIMITED...BUT LIGHTNING AND GUST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON MONDAY AS A WEAK FRONT DROPS ACROSS
THE AREA...AND THE MONSOONAL SHIFTS A BIT TO THE EAST. HEAVY RAIN WILL THEN BE
THE MAIN CONCERN...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(52 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWN SLOPE UNTIL 1500...THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND 12
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0700. 13500 FT AGL AFTER 0900.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTH
                    AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    VERY GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(48 PERCENT) UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    0900 UNTIL 1200...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0700...THEN 12000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700...THEN FAIR UNTIL 0800...THEN
                    VERY GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 0900...THEN 3 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120715.WALDO.01/PUB