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SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST FORK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
644 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 2013

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE ROCKIES HAS BROUGHT SOME HIGH
CLOUDS TO THE AREA...WHICH WILL CLEAR SHORTLY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RELAX
AFTER SUNSET...BUT WILL RETURN TOMORROW AFTERNOON...THOUGH SLIGHTLY LESS STRONG
THAN TODAY. THE LARGE SCALE WIND DIRECTION WILL BE SLIGHTLY MORE WEST THAN IT WAS ON FRIDAY.
DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TOMORROW
WILL BE CLOSE TO OR SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE HUMIDITY ON FRIDAY. THE IMET ON DUTY
WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE PRECISE CONDITIONS ACCOUNTING FOR LOCAL WINDS AND TERRAIN.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45F.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-40 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH UNTIL 2100. THEN SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...W T  FOLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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