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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO CANYON BAER AERIAL MULCHING...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
448 AM MDT SAT AUG 25 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH THIS
MORNING WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
THIS MORNING.  WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DECREASE AND BECOME EASTERLY
FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SWITCHING TO A
SOUTHERLY DIRECTION FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON INTO NIGHT-TIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN SCAR AREA WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY
UNDER .15 INCHES FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY
HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF A STRONGER
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS DIRECTLY OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR.
ALSO...PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG...
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO RUN
NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE LATE AUGUST SEASONAL AVERAGES.

FINALLY...UPPER HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
THE BURN SCAR AREA THIS WEEKEND...ALLOWING ABOVE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES TO
CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(44 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-76F.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-35 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 13-17 MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 35 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN EAST AROUND 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(56 PERCENT) UNTIL 0200...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(36 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2200. SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AFTER 2000 UNTIL 2200...THEN SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0200.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-59F.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-78 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 10-14 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2200...THEN 4 UNTIL 0200...THEN 1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(43 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-81F.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-33 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTH AROUND 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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REQUESTED BY...MARY MOORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120824.WALDO.01/PUB