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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
409 AM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED UNSEASONABLY
WARM TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH
SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND/OR EVENING
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND THEN AGAIN ON SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(28 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-92F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-21 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND 9
                    MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 15 MPH AT TIMES.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0700. 11000 FT AGL
                    AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 4 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. GOOD AFTER 1300.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(36 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-64F.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-59 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2400.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN NORTH
                    AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN SOUTHEAST AROUND
                    9 MPH UNTIL 0500...THEN SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1900...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(43 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-92F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-24 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 15 MPH AT TIME.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0700. 14000 FT AGL AFTER 0900.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

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REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120720.WALDO.01/PUB