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SPOT FORECAST FOR LAST HOPE...PSICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
807 AM MDT WED AUG 21 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE AREA TODAY...AS MOISTURE LEVELS HAVE INCREASED VERSUS YESTERDAY.
WESTERLY DRAINAGE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO
SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE BY MIDDAY. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
THURSDAY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO EVEN BETTER COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS
AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(51 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300 UNTIL 1500...THEN
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 11500 FT AGL UNTIL
                    1700...THEN 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHEAST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1500...THEN FAIR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 3 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(41 PERCENT). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000...THEN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0300.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60F.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN LESS THAN 500
                    FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN NORTHEAST
                    AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN WEST AROUND 4
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2000...THEN 3 UNTIL 0100...THEN 2 UNTIL
                    0300...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(62 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 0900 UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83F.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 4 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN
                    FAIR UNTIL 1700...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 0900...THEN 2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...PUEBLO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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