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SPOT FORECAST FOR PINELLO RANCH AG BURN...COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
701 AM MDT FRI APR 26 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 20 MPH OCCASIONALLY THIS
MORNING....THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND SHIFT TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST
DURING THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS
WEST OF THE SITE MAY PRODUCE A PERIOD OF GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...BETWEEN
1600 AND 2000 MDT. EXPECT SUNNY SKIES AND TYPICAL DIURNAL WINDS ON
SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(41 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH GUSTING TO 20 MPH UNTIL
                    1400...THEN GRADUALLY BECOMING
                    EAST-SOUTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 15000 FT AGL AFTER
                    1200.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL
                    1700...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(27 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38F.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTH-NORTHEAST 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2400.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 4 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN SOUTH
                    AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 0500...THEN WEST AROUND 7
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 2000...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 14500 FT AGL AFTER 1200.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL MYERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130426.PINEL.02/PUB