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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
421 AM MDT WED JUL 25 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

WETTING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN SCAR
TODAY. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE SOME DEBRIS FLOWS AND FLASH
FLOODING. THE BEST TIME FOR THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE DURING THE MID
AFTERNOON TIME PERIOD...ROUGHLY BETWEEN 2 AND 5 PM.

TEMPERATURES TODAY SHOULD BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY AS
A COOL FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION EARLIER THIS MORNING.

DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE REGION ON THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(68 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77F.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WIND 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING EAST 5 TO 10
                    MPH AFTER 1200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 11000 FT AGL AFTER 0900.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. GOOD AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(61 PERCENT) UNTIL 2200...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(32 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1900...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56F.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100. 1500 FT AGL AFTER 2200.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 1900...THEN 3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY SUNNY(54
                    PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76F.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    POOR UNTIL 1700...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

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FORECASTER...HODANISH
REQUESTED BY...MARK LEEPER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120724.WALDO.01/PUB