FNUS75 KPUB 071439
FWSPUB

SPOT FORECAST FOR FT  CARSON PILES...FORT CARSON FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
739 AM MST THU MAR 7 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...

EXPECT VERY WARM AND DRY WEATHER TODAY WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND
GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES.  ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE THE
POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.  STRONG WINDS
IN THE MIXING LAYER BOTH TODAY AND FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN
EXCELLENT SMOKE DISPERSION.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 13000 FT AGL AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    VERY GOOD UNTIL 1300...THEN EXCELLENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(29 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38F.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 2000...WEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2000.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1800...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL
                    1900...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(47 PERCENT) UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    1100.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH  UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTH
                    TO SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0900. 13000 FT AGL
                    AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0600. VERY GOOD BY 1200...THEN EXCELLENT
                    BY 1400.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 3.

$$
FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...ANDY CULLAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130307.FTCAR.01/PUB