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SPOT FORECAST FOR ALVARADO TANGLEWOOD PILES2...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
440 AM MST THU JAN 31 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL BE TRICKY TODAY ACROSS THE BURN
SITE AS MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL
PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION. AN EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE MOVING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL SEND A WEAK COLD FRONT
ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THIS MORNING...WITH LOW LEVEL
UPSLOPE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...THIS FRONT DOES NOT LOOK TO
MAKE IT INTO THE THE BURN AREA...WHICH WILL KEEP BREEZY
WEST WINDS ACROSS THE BURN SITE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MID LEVEL INVERSIONS ALSO LOOK TO LIMIT MIXING WITH
GENERALLY FAIR SMOKE DISERSALS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(38 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....29-34F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-36 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 13-18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35
                    MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(27 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....12-17F.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-58 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 19 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40F.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 5500 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1600...THEN 3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 37 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    EXCELLENT UNTIL 1600...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WANKOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...DENNIS PAGE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130131.ALVAR.02/PUB