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SPOT FORECAST FOR UTE LAKES PILE BURNING...COALITION FOR THE UPPER SOUTH PLATTE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
426 AM MST THU FEB 27 2014

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

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...WITH A FEW GUSTS 
TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA 
OVERNIGHT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING BY 
MIDNIGHT. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR...LESS THAN 2 INCHES.  

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49F. 
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT. 
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH...A FEW GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    AFTER 1200. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 7000 FT AGL. 
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 22 MPH. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN VERY GOOD. 
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME 
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. 

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 2200. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33F. 
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT. 
20 FOOT WIND........WEST WINDS 10-14 MPH. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL. 
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 23 MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN NORTHWEST 
                    AROUND 36 MPH. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 2200...THEN 
                    GOOD. 
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME 
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. 

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY(55 PERCENT). 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46F. 
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. 
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 5500 FT AGL. 
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 26 MPH. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN VERY GOOD. 
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME 
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. 

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FORECASTER...PETERSEN
REQUESTED BY...W  WARNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20140227.UTELA.01/PUB