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SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
715 AM MDT FRI APR 26 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE A PERIOD OF
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...
BETWEEN 1300 AND 1900 MDT. ONLY VERY LIGHT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
WITH ANY STORMS. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS SHOULD STAY
GENERALLY OUT OF THE WEST TO NORTHWEST TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
WITH FAIRLY LIGHT SPEEDS AS WINDS ALOFT ARE WEAK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(37 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-51F.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST-NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 11500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN SOUTHWEST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(30 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30F.
MAX HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 2300...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN WEST
                    AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2000...THEN 1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST-NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 11000 FT AGL AFTER 0900.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. GOOD AFTER 1000.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...DAVID CARR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130426.BLUEC.01/PUB