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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO...UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
432 AM MDT WED JUL 18 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE OVER THE AREA TODAY AND THURSDAY FOR
SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  WITH
LIGHT WIND FLOW ALOFT...THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND THUS
THERE WILL STILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH ONE HALF
TO ONE INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES BEING POSSIBLE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(48 PERCENT) UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83F.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0700...THEN 11200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(60 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(39 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61F.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 2100 THEN VARIABLE
                    3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2300.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(43 PERCENT) UNTIL 1200 THEN MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN EAST TO SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 12200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

$$
FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120717.WALDO.02/PUB