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SPOT FORECAST FOR RICE MOUNTAIN...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
613 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH 800 PM
THEN SWING AROUND FROM A LIGHT DRAINAGE COMPONENT OVERNIGHT.  FRIDAY
WILL REMAIN HOT AND DRY...WITH TEMPERATURES A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER
THAN THOSE OF TODAY. LIGHT DRAINAGE NORTH WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND
FROM THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON.

LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND
WITH THE CONTINUATION OF HOT DRY CONDITIONS. A BETTER CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS MAY RETURN TO THE FORECAST BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK
AS THE MONSOON PLUME SHIFTS BACK OVER THE REGION.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(35 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59F.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8-15 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN DROPPING TO 500 FT
                    AGL BY 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 2000. WEST AROUND
                    5 MPH AFTER 0100.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900...FAIR UNTIL 2100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHEAST 8-16
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 11000 FT AGL AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN
                    FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120719.RICEM.01/PUB