FNUS75 KPUB 250016
FWSPUB

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUFF...PSICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
616 PM MDT MON SEP 24 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS MOVING TOWARD
SOUTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT.  THIS DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN VARIABLE
CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE NIGHT ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE FIRE SITE.  SURFACE WINDS WILL TEND TO
BE ERRATIC AND GUSTY AROUND ANY SHOWERS.

ON TUESDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO
RESULTING IN MORE CLOUDS AND A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  SURFACE WINDS WILL AGAIN TEND TO BE
ERRATIC AND GUSTY AROUND ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THERE COULD
ALSO BE SOME WETTING PRECIPITATION.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60 PERCENT). AN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE UNTIL 2400...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS POSSIBLE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-41F.
MAX HUMIDITY........82-87 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN
                    VARIABLE WINDS 3-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN AROUND 6
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    UNTIL 1200...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-8 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN RISING TO
                    12500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900. VERY GOOD AFTER 1400.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

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FORECASTER...WALROD
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120924.BLUFF.01/PUB