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SPOT FORECAST FOR BOY SCOUT RANCH...LA VETA FIRE PROTECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1001 AM MDT THU JUN 20 2013

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

UPDATED FOR RED FLAG START TIME.

MODERATE DRY AND WARM SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH PERIOD. BREEZY WINDS FROM
ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN ACROSS THE BURN AREA FROM THE LATE MORNING
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...CREATING EXTREME FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WITH LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH EXPECTED.
POOR RH RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH VERY SIMILIAR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87F.
MIN HUMIDITY........2-7 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12-17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0700. 15000 FT AGL AFTER
                    1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1000.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57F.
MAX HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2400.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87F.
MIN HUMIDITY........2-7 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 20000 FT AGL AFTER 0900.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 21 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 0900.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...CIOFFI
REQUESTED BY...EDDIE RAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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