FNUS75 KPUB 301039
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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO CANYON BAER AERIAL MULCHING...PUEBLO DISPATCH/EL PASO COUNTY EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
439 AM MDT THU AUG 30 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...
WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY WILL BE A NEAR REPEAT OF YESTERDAY WITH WINDS
SHIFTING AROUND FROM THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME
BREEZY AT TIMES.  ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
AGAIN TODAY...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY ERRATIC
AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH.  ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SPOTTY AND LIGHT...AND GENERALLY LESS THAN .10.

WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER ON FRIDAY AND TEMPERATURES A COUPLE DEGREES
COOLER.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...BUT WILL
BE HIGHLY LOCALIZED WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING GUSTY WINDS AND
LIGHTNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(41 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-87F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-21 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST TO NORTHWEST UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    10-15 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS AND SPEEDS
                    POSSIBLE NEAR HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(56 PERCENT) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(27 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-59F.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 11-16 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2000...THEN 1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(41 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-81F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 6-12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 3.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH EL PASO COUNTY EM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120830.WALDO.01/PUB