FNUS75 KPUB 201021
FWSPUB

SPOT FORECAST FOR BULL GULCH...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
421 AM MDT THU JUN 20 2013

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...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.....79-84F.
MIN HUMIDITY........3-8 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTH
                    WINDS 12-17 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 16000 FT AGL AFTER
                    1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 24 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. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48F.
MAX HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTH WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2000. POOR AFTER 0300.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83F.
MIN HUMIDITY........3-8 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTH 12-16 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 20000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1000.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WANKOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130620.BULLG.01/PUB