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SPOT FORECAST FOR ENGLISH VALLEY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
728 AM MDT THU APR 25 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...

A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY
AND WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.  THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
CLOUDS TO THE AREA...ALONG WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THE POSSIBILITY
OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.  STRONG WINDS IN THE MIXING LAYER TODAY WILL
RESULT IN EXCELLENT SMOKE DISPERSION THIS AFTERNOON.  WINDS WILL
PROBABLY BE A BIT GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON.  WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER ON
FRIDAY AND WITH LIGHTER WINDS IN THE MIXING LAYER...SMOKE DISPERSION
IS EXPECTED TO ONLY BE IN THE FAIR CATEGORY IN THE AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(64 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS BY 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........VARIABLE 3-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING WEST
                    TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 7600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 28 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL
                    1300...THEN EXCELLENT UNTIL 1700...THEN VERY
                    GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(60 PERCENT) UNTIL 0200...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(44 PERCENT). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    UNTIL 2000. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                    2100...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS UNTIL 0200.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36F.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN
                    WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 0100...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(32 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1200 THEN SOUTHEAST
                    5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 10600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTH
                    AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1700...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.

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FORECASTER...EVENSON
REQUESTED BY...DAVID CARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130425.ENGLI.01/PUB