FNUS75 KPUB 121335
FWSPUB

SPOT FORECAST FOR KLIKUS...DFPC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
735 AM MDT WED JUN 12 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...

LIGHT WEST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SWITCH TO THE
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST BY MID-MORNING AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
WINDS WILL THEN BECOME WESTERLY AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
A LIGHT WEST WIND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. FAIRLY STRONG
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY THURSDAY...GUSTING
TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. VERY DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
AREA...WITH HUMIDITY IN THE 15-25 PERCENT RANGE THIS MORNING
FALLING TO AROUND 10 PERCENT OR LESS BY LATE AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT
HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE POOR...WITH VERY LOW RH AGAIN ON THURSDAY.
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
MOUNTAINS TO THE WEST OF THE FIRE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AT THE FIRE SITE LATE
IN THE DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90F.
MIN HUMIDITY........4-9 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 4-7 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH
                    UNTIL 2200...THEN WEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 17500 FT AGL AFTER 1000.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHWEST AROUND 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58F.
MAX HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST 10-15 MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN WEST 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN FAIR UNTIL
                    2100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(31 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST-SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 15500 FT AGL AFTER
                    1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    AROUND 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

$$
FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...PHIL DANIELS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130612.KLIKU.01/PUB