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SPOT FORECAST FOR VALLEY PARK RX...DIVIDE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
414 AM MDT MON OCT 15 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES WILL BE UNSEASONABLY WARM THROUGH TUESDAY RESULTING IN
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING BELOW 20 PERCENT THE NEXT COUPLE
DAYS.  BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 8-15 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON...WITH SOME OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH DURING
THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.  WINDS MAY STAY BREEZY INTO THE EVENING
WITH SOME ENHANCED DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS OVERNIGHT AS A WEAK
DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS.  WINDS WILL BE GUSTIER ON TUESDAY AHEAD
OF THE NEXT APPROACHING WEATHER DISTURBANCE.

NOTE...WITHOUT ANY REFERENCE OBSERVATIONS PROVIDED IN SPOT REQUEST
...USED A COMBINATION OF FOUR MILE AND LAKE GEORGE RAWS AS A BEST
FIRST GUESS. PLEASE CONTACT US IF FORECAST SEEMS UNREPRESENTATIVE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WIND 4-6 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    8-15 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER
                    1400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 3500 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1100...THEN 8500 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 4500
                    FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1300...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1600...
                    THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(28 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45F.
MAX HUMIDITY........41-46 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 8-15 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 20 UNTIL
                    1900...THEN NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1900...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST AROUND 10 UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    15-25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE AFTER 1500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 8000 FT AGL AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...FAIR UNTIL 1000...THEN VERY
                    GOOD AFTER 1200.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...STEVE MENZ  LT  WILDLAND FIRE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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