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SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH DIVIDE PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
717 AM MST MON FEB 10 2014

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

.DISCUSSION...

AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING
ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER AND A GOOD CHANCE FOR A RAIN SNOW MIXTURE TO
THE BURN SITE LATER THIS MORNING. THE PROBABILITY FOR
PRECIPITATION INCREASES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND BY LATE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING IT SHOULD SWITCH OVER TO SNOW WITH UP TO
2 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END SOON
AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT EXPECTED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 
                    1100...THEN RAIN LIKELY. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-43F. 
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT. 
20 FOOT WIND........W-NW 7-9 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 8000 FT AGL AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 1600...THEN NORTH
                    AROUND 8 MPH. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 0400...THEN PARTLY 
                    CLOUDY(44 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL 
                    1900...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0100...THEN 
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0200. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....9-14F. 
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT. 
20 FOOT WIND........W-NW 7-9 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 500 FT AGL. 
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 7 MPH. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1800...THEN POOR. 
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME 
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. 

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(34 PERCENT). 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42F. 
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT. 
20 FOOT WIND........W-NW 8-11 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 6000 FT AGL. 
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 21 MPH. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0600. VERY GOOD AFTER 1100. 
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME 
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. 

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FORECASTER...MOORE
REQUESTED BY...PIKE HOTSHOTS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20140210.NORTH.01/PUB