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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO CANYON BAER AERIAL MULCHING...PUEBLO DISPATCH/EL PASO COUNTY EM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
424 AM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR MOVE OVER TELLER
COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND A COUPLE MAY DRIFT OVER THE BURN SCAR...
MAINLY AFTER 1500.  IF ANY STORMS DO MOVE OVER THE AREA...LITTLE RAIN
IS EXPECTED...UNDER .20 INCH.  THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND
ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OF 40-45 MPH. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
END BY 1900.

EARLY SUNDAY A FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...BRINGING
SOME NORTHERLY WINDS THAT WILL THEN BECOME NORTHEAST OR EAST FOR THE
AFTERNOON.  ON SUNDAY THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OVER THE AREA.  IF THEY DO RAIN AMOUNTS OF .10
TO .30 WILL BE POSSIBLE.  THE MAIN THREATS WILL AGAIN BE LIGHTING
AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OF 40-45 MPH.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(39 PERCENT) UNTIL 1400 THEN MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-83F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1000 THEN SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(60 PERCENT) UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(36 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    POSSIBLE UNTIL 1900.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58F.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-56 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE 5-10 MPH UNTIL 0500...THEN NORTHWEST AROUND 11
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................LAL 3 UNTIL 1900 THEN 1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(61 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER 1300 UNTIL 1500...THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 10-15 MPH UNTIL 1200 THEN NORTHEAST TO EAST
                    AROUND 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 3 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH EL PASO COUNTY EM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120901.WALDO.01/PUB