1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 8, 1:52 PM MST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 252 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2005 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY) NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE PATTERN AS THE UPPER RIDGE WOBBLES AROUND THE REGION. ENOUGH MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDER THE RIDGE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WEAK WINDS ALOFT NOT LETTING STORMS MOVE MUCH AWAY FROM THE TERRAIN. PLENTY OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO HELP STIR THINGS UP AND THESE MAY HELP GENERATE SOME ISOLATED STORMS OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WHERE DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE 40S AND 50S. BIG CONCERN IS THE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE FIRES ARE ON GOING. OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS WHERE THE MASON FIRE CONTINUES TO GROW THERE IS NOT MUCH RELIEF EXPECTED IN THE FORM OF PRECIPITATION. LOWER PORTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE REMAIN FAIRLY DRY AND MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS DRY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST WHERE 3 OTHER FIRES ARE GOING AND AS LONG AS THE RIDGE ALOFT REMAINS IN PLACE CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE CHANGING. EVEN THOUGH FUELS ARE RIGHT THE THUNDERSTORMS COVERAGE IS VERY LOW AND WINDS REMAIN LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE MIXED LAYER. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THROUGH SATURDAY SO EXPECT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY TO BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WARMED TEMPS JUST A TAD BUT KEPT POPS AT 10-20 PERCENT ALONG AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ON SATURDAY WILL BE SIMILAR OR LESS THAN FRIDAY. .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ONCE AGAIN...NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN THIS FORECAST PERIOD. RIDGE OVER REGION WILL GRADUALLY MOVE TO THE WEST... WITH THE AREA COMING UNDER MORE OF A NORTHERLY FLOW BY TUESDAY. ONCE THIS HAPPENS...BELIEVE POPS CHANCES WILL BE SLIGHTLY BETTER OVER S MTNS AND ADJ EASTERN PLAINS AS THIS PATTERN SHOULD ALLOW WEAK SURGES TO DROP SOUTH FROM N PLAINS. GIVEN THIS PATTERN...IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE WARM...BUT DO NOT EXPECT EXTREME WARMTH DUE TO LACK OF SUSTAINED SW SFC FLOW. FOREST FIRES HAVE NOW DEVELOPED OVER THE CWA. GUIDANCE INDICATES ONLY ISOLATED TSRA OVER THE HIER TRRN IS EXPECTED WITH THE SW MTS REMAINING THE DRIEST. ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT EXPECTED WIDESPREAD DRY LTG...THE ISOLD STORMS WITH SOME DRY LTG WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE THREAT OF NEW FIRES OVER THE REGION. JUST IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO... THE MASON FIRE DEVELOPED A PYRO-Q ON TOP OF THE SMOKE PLUME...AN INDICATION OF VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES OVER THE REGION. STEEP AFTERNOON LAPSE RATES ARE FCST TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK... HOWEVER...STRONG SYNOPTIC WINDS ARE NOT FORECAST TO DEVELOP AS THE LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN THE GENERAL REGION. /HODANISH && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 600 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2005 COZ058>089-093>099-090100- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- 600 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...AND SAN LUIS VALLEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. OVER THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...THE MAIN THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH...HAIL LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL HAVE THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR...AND ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL OR LARGER. THE AREA MOST PRONE TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP BEING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PLAINS AFTER 3 PM.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire ignited by lightning in the vicinity of Four Mile Creek in Saguache County burned approximately 100 acres.
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