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SPOT FORECAST FOR PINE CONE POP UP...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
754 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...MODERATE...WARM AND MAINLY DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BURN AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THERE
WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE
STORMS WILL BE DRY...PRODUCING LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WITH LITTLE
IN THE WAY OF WETTING RAINS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(53 PERCENT) UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY(39 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46F.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........DOWNSLOPE 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2100...THEN POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(56 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........UPSLOPE 5-9 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    10-15 WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 13000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. VERY GOOD AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3 UNTIL
                    1400...THEN 4.
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FORECASTER...WANKOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130616.PINEC.01/PUB