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Spot Forecast for Annual Waste Water Burn...Woodland Park PD
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
614 AM MDT Wed Apr 10 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MDT on April 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (719) 948-9429, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...A weak weather disturbance embedded within the moderate
northwest flow aloft will help develop a few possible showers across
the Pikes Peak region this afternoon. Good mixing will support very
good to excellent dispersions across the burn site today, with winds
aloft weakening tonight and through the day Thursday, as upper ridging
builds into the Rockies.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny through the morning. Mostly cloudy
                    (60 percent) in the afternoon with a slight chance
                    of showers after 1300.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....50F.
Min humidity........17-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 12-16 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft agl until 0900, then 8500 ft agl.
Transport winds.....North around 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0800. Excellent after 1000.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........35  30  26  36  46  56  57  58  59  57  55
Weather cov.....                            SCH SCH
Weather type....                             RW  SW
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............24  29  35  40  43  44  48  50  48  45  45
RH..............74  60  45  37  32  29  25  24  22  23  25
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..10  10  13  13  13  15  15  15  16  16  16
20 FT wind gust.15  15  17  17  17  21  21  21  23  23  23
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 2.5 4.5 6.0 7.5 8.0 8.0 8.5 9.0 8.5 8.0
Transp wind dir.NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  N   N
Transp wind spd.10  15  18  20  20  18  21  22  25  24  25
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
SDspl kt-ft/10007   33  75  105 125 128 149 166 202 182 180

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy(60 percent) until 2000, then
                    partly cloudy(35 percent).
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....26F.
Max humidity........69-74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10-15 mph until 2100, then
                    west to northwest 5-10 mph
Mixing height.......6500 ft agl until 1900. 1000 ft agl after 2100.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph until 0300, then west
                    around 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good until 1900, then fair until 2000,
                    then poor.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........53  51  49  47  44  42  39  35  31  28  25  22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............44  42  38  35  34  32  30  29  28  28  27  27
RH..............28  35  44  54  56  61  66  66  68  66  68  71
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..15  15  15  8   8   8   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.21  21  21  12  12  12  7   7   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...6.5 3.0 2.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.24  18  14  9   9   8   7   7   7   8   8   9
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
SDspl kt-ft/1000135 50  32  8   12  8   6   5   6   7   4   5

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....55F.
Min humidity........14-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West to northwest 4-8 mph until 0900, then west
                    around 8-12 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft agl until 1000, then 8000 ft agl.
Transport winds.....West around 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0700. Very good after 1200.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........19  9   7   6   7   8   9   13  17  22  24  27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............26  27  31  38  43  47  49  52  53  55  55  54
RH..............74  68  56  42  33  27  24  22  21  19  19  20
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   8   8   8   10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.12  12  12  16  16  16  21  21  21  21  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 8.0 7.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.9   10  12  13  13  14  15  16  16  17  18  18
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
SDspl kt-ft/10005   5   15  29  42  61  81  101 114 136 131 117

$$
Forecaster...WANKOWSKI
Requested by...Robin Lindberg
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410215.0/PUB
.DELDT 04/10/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0


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