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SPOT FORECAST FOR DITCH CREEK...USFS - PSF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
105 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON IN AND
NEAR THE DITCH CREEK BURN AREA. AT 1 PM...SCATTERED STORMS WERE NOTED
IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE BURN AREA AND ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE
OVER THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THEY WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE
WET MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT GUSTY AND
ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS.

FOR TONIGHT...WE MAY SEE AN ISOLATE STORM IN THE EVENING HOURS...THEN
IT WILL DRY OUT. DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE LIKELY.

FOR TOMORROW...THERE WILL BE LESS STORMS TOMORROW AND THEY WILL BEGIN
LATER IN THE DAY.



.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(69 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST-SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(60 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56F.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN AROUND 18
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(43 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    UPSLOPE 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 12500 FT AGL AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1700...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...HODANISH
REQUESTED BY...PIDC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120813.DITCH.01/PUB