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FNUS75 KPUB 082235
FWSPUB
SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG COTTON WOOD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
435 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2008
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL KEEP SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT.
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...
SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
DRIER AIR MOVES IN FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK
WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND ONLY A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. THUNDERSTORMS FOR WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BE VERY ISOLATED IN NATURE AND WILL PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH BUT LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(70 PERCENT) UNTIL 2100...THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY(39 PERCENT). SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1800...THEN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50F.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 8-16 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN NORTHWEST
4-7 MPH. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 1800...THEN 3 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(33 PERCENT). ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTHEAST 8-12
MPH. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...JOHN MARKALUNAS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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