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SPOT FORECAST FOR PINELLO RANCH AG BURN...COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1247 PM MDT THU APR 25 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...

A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE
WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FOR TOMORROW...UPSLOPE FLOW WILL OCCUR. THE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST IN THE MORNING...BECOMING EASTERLY BY AFTERNOON. THERE
IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A PASSING THUNDERSHOWER IN THE LATTER PART OF
THE AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(55 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66F.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300. GOOD AFTER 1600.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(57 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45F.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN NORTH
                    AROUND 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN NORTH
                    AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN AROUND 19 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(41 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1700.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS AROUND 11 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    EAST 3 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 11500 FT AGL AFTER
                    0900.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...THEN FAIR UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...HODANISH
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL MYERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130426.PINEL.01/PUB