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SPOT FORECAST FOR OX CART...USFS - PSF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
358 AM MDT WED JUN 26 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...

TODAY WILL BE HOT AND DRY WITH LIGHTER WINDS.  A FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS
MAY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT THESE ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN SHALLOW AND NOT PRODUCE ANY PRECIPITATION.  MOISTURE WILL
GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY...WHICH WILL RESULT
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH BUT
LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHWEST 5-10
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL UNTIL 0700. 11000 FT AGL
                    AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700...FAIR UNTIL 0900...GOOD AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53F.
MAX HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1900...THEN NORTHEAST 4-6
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL UNTIL 1800. LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL
                    AFTER 2100.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 4 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1800. POOR AFTER 2100.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(40 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHEAST 4-6 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 10000 FT AGL AFTER
                    1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1300...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. GOOD AFTER 1300.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1500...THEN 3.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...PIDC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130625.OXCAR.01/PUB