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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
715 AM MDT THU JUL 19 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

MOISTURE HAS DECREASED OVER THE AREA...AS HAVE THE CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY
FOR SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS OR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS TODAY. IF ANY DEVELOP...THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING
AND WIND GUSTS OF 40-45 MPH.  IF SLOW MOVING STORMS MOVE OVER THE
AREA...RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE-HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE.  AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE FRIDAY WILL BE A DRY DAY.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(33 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTH
                    TO SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 0700. 12000 FT AGL BY 1200.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD BY 1200.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(32 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE UNTIL 2000.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61F.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN
                    WESTERLY 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 2300...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN POOR BY 2300.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2000...THEN 1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(29 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHEAST 10-15
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 10500 FT AGL AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800. VERY GOOD BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

$$
FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120719.WALDO.01/PUB