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FNUS75 KPUB 081923
FWSPUB

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCK PARK  1...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
123 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2005

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON
SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE
WEEKEND PROVIDING FOR LIGHT WINDS ALOFT. MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
WORK INTO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND PRODUCE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
DRY AND MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL BE UNDER 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE FIRE AREA WITH
MINIMAL RECOVER OVERNIGHT.


.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(60 PERCENT). ISOLATED 
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44F. 
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT. 
20 FOOT WIND........LIGHT AND VARIABLE...DOWNVALLEY AFTER 1800. 
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1. 
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST 5-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 500 FT AGL. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. 
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED 
                    FIRE GROWTH. 

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (45 PERCENT). ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81F. 
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........LIGHT AND VARIABLE UNTIL 1500...THEN UPVALLEY 8-12 MPH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 7 MPH. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL CLIMBING TO 10500 FT AGL AFTER 1000. 
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. 
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

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FORECASTER...FORTUNE
REQUESTED BY...USFS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20050708.BUCKP.01/PUB