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SPOT FORECAST FOR FT  CARSON PILES...FORT CARSON FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
740 AM MDT MON MAR 11 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...

WILL SEE INCREASING MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS SPREADING ACROSS
THE AREA THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS AN EMBEDDED WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. PASSING DISTURBANCE
SENDS A WEAK FRONT ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WITH LOW LEVEL FLOW
BECOMING MORE NORTH TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(40 PERCENT) UNTIL 1400 THEN
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (65 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 3-7 MPH UNTIL 1100 THEN
                    SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. GOOD AFTER 1400.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(70 PERCENT) UNTIL 0200...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(40 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32F.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH UNTIL 1800 THEN EAST TO
                    NORTHEAST 5-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 0500.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(36 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-52F.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-41 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300...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...ANDY CULLAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130311.FTCAR.01/PUB