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SPOT FORECAST FOR ROUTE 1 1...FORT CARSON FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1042 AM MST MON NOV 9 2009
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WEAK SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TOMORROW. THIS WILL MEAN
WEAK UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND POOR MIXING TO THE SURFACE...SO SMOKE
DISPERSAL'S WILL BE POOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL'S WILL BE
BETTER TOMORROW AS MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE HIGHER. RELATIVE HUMIDITY'S
WILL BE GOOD TODAY...AS A SHORT WAVE THAT WENT THROUGH THE AREA WILL
KEEP TEMPERATURES COOLER. TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL BE 10 DEGREES WARMER
THAN TODAY SO HUMIDITY'S WILL BE IN THE LOW 20'S.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 1100...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY(42
PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57F.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING EASTERLY
WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS UP TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 1300...THEN SOUTHEAST
AROUND 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35F.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-89 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........EAST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 0200...THEN WEST AROUND 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN WEST
AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(29 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN
SOUTHEAST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL UNTIL 1300...THEN 6000 FT AGL UNTIL
1600...THEN 3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1400...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600...THEN
POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1.
FORECASTER...CERU
REQUESTED BY...PETER WOLF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091109.ROUTE.01/PUB
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