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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
624 AM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

A FEW HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE
WALDO BURN SCAR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NOT MUCH IN
THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED...AND SOME GUSTY WINDS TO
35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IT WILL BE HOT TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE
80S TO AROUND 90F.

A COOL FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND THIS BOUNDARY
WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE BURN SCAR REGION. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS COULD CAUSE
SOME FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOW PROBLEMS IN THE BURN AREA. IT
WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER TOMORROW OVER THE BURN SITE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY SUNNY(67
                    PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200
                    UNTIL 1400...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82 TO 90F
MIN HUMIDITY........16 TO 20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 12500 FT AGL AFTER 0900.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN EAST
                    AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800. GOOD AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3 UNTIL 1400...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                    2200...THEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58F.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 10 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN NORTH AROUND 11
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2200...THEN 3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                    0900...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73 TO 80F
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS AROUND 11 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. GOOD AFTER 0900.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 0900...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...HODANISH
REQUESTED BY...MARK LEEPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120723.WALDO.01/PUB