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Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO

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SPOT FORECAST FOR USAFA BROME...USFWS/USAFA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
750 AM MDT TUE MAY 14 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE RAMPART RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON.  WEAK STEERING CURRENTS WILL LIKELY KEEP THE ACTIVITY
WEST OF THE BURN SITE...BUT THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE A THUNDERSTORM
COULD MOVE OVER THE BURN SITE BETWEEN 1600 AND 2000.  GUSTY OUTFLOW
WINDS FROM STORMS TO THE WEST WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.  GUSTS
WILL LIKELY BE NEAR 25 MPH...BUT THERE COULD BE OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
40 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(45 PERCENT) WITH HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING
                    WITH BUILDING CUMULUS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........NORTHWEST TO NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH TURNING SOUTHEAST 8 TO
                    12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH BY 1500.  OUTFLOW WINDS
                    FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RAMPARTS WILL SHIFT WINDS
                    WESTERLY 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY 1700.
                    WIND GUSTS COULD BE STRONGER AND ERRATIC NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 11500 FT AGL AFTER
                    1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 0800...THEN NORTHEAST.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. GOOD AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(64 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55F.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH BY 2200
                    AND SHIFT WEST 4 TO 8 MPH BY 0300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. 500 FT AGL AFTER 2200.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900...THEN POOR UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    FAIR UNTIL 2200...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2200...THEN 1.

$$
FORECASTER...MOZLEY
REQUESTED BY...STEVE WALLACE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130514.USAFA.02/PUB