FNUS73 KDDC 190009
FWSDDC

SPOT FORECAST FOR TURKEY TRAIL...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
709 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1857 CDT ON JUNE 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE COLORADO BORDER
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN STANTON COUNTY THIS EVENING.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A FEW LIGHT RAINSHOWERS OR EVEN AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM CDT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WESTERN MORTON COUNTY. ANY MEASURABLE RAINFALL THIS EVENING IS
EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. GUSTY SOUTHEAST
WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL SUBSIDE TO AROUND 10 MPH BY SUNSET.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL
                    FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600-8500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600-1900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 16 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 15
                    TO 17 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........65     68     71     74     63     47
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............82     75     69     67     64     63
RH..............41     56     72     79     86     90
20 FT WIND......SE 15  SE 10  SE 14  SE 14  S 13   S 13
20 FT WIND GUST.20     15     20     20     20     15
EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 15  SE 8   SE 11  SE 11  S 10   S 10
     WIND GUST..20     15     20     20     20     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      4      4

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO
                    24 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 6 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR
                    LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 26
                    TO 33 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........36     36     36     36     35     33
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE
TEMP............63     72     82     89     91     92
RH..............90     69     49     40     35     32
20 FT WIND......S 14   S 17   S 21   S 24   S 25   S 25
20 FT WIND GUST.20     25     30     35     35     35
EYE LEVEL WIND..S 11   S 14   S 17   S 19   S 20   S 20
     WIND GUST..20     25     30     35     35     35
HAINES INDEX....3      3      4      5      6      6

$$
FORECASTER...BURGERT
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO INTERAGENCY DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130618.TURKE.02/DDC