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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALDO CANYON BAER AERIAL MULCHING...TEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
425 AM MDT MON SEP 17 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

GUSTY NORTH WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED ACROSS THE
AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE LATE
MORNINGA ND THEN TRANSISTION TO EASTERLY UPSLOPE THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON.

COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH A CHANCE FOR A FEW SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY...AS AN UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE. HOWEVER...ANY
PRECIPITATION OVER THE BURN SCAR IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...WITH
AMOUNTS LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.

A RETURN TO DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK...AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING
REBUILDS ACROSS THE STATE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(66 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AFTER 0900 UNTIL 1200...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59F.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 35 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN EAST TO SOUTHEAST
                    8-13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(32 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43F.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70F.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY 7-12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WANKOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...TEST
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120917.WALDO.01/PUB