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SPOT FORECAST FOR FOREBAY...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
432 AM MST MON MAR 4 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS
EVENING.  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED AT THE BURN
SITE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.  STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP
BY LATE MORNING ACROSS THE BURN SITE.  GUSTS TO AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE
LIKELY.  EXPECT CLEARING CONDITIONS BY THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER STORM
SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

HIGH PRESSURE OVER UTAH WILL MOVE INTO COLORADO FOR TUESDAY.  EXPECT
WARMER CONDITIONS WITH DRY WEATHER.  WEST WINDS OF AROUND 10 MPH
ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 1300...THEN
                    CHANCE OF SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....25-30F.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    NORTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 16 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN AROUND 29
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1000...THEN VERY GOOD.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(55 PERCENT) UNTIL 1900...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(30 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SNOW UNTIL 1900.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....-5 TO 0F.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........TURNING NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 23 MPH
                    BY 1900...THEN TURNING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 3 TO
                    6 MPH BY 2400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL UNTIL 2200...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 28 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 0400.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH UNTIL 0900 BECOMING
                    WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0900. 5500 FT AGL
                    AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0600. GOOD AFTER 1000.

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FORECASTER...MOZLEY
REQUESTED BY...JOHN INGRAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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