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 9, 1:02 PM MST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 202 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2005 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY) MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERNS ARE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND WINDS UPPER RIDGE HAS PULLED TO THE EAST JUST A TAD AS A SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY JUMPED UP OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 30S. NAM SOUNDINGS AT 18Z SHOW PRETTY MUCH INVERTED V AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH MOST MOISTURE UP AROUND 600 MB. THIS INCREASES THE GUST POTENTIAL AND SUGGESTS DRY THUNDERSTORMS. COVERAGE OF THE STORMS A LITTLE MORE THAN FRIDAY BUT STILL ISOLATED. OUT EAST A WEAK OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IN KANSAS APPEARS TO BE MOVING SOUTH AND COULD INFLUENCE CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN ZONES WHERE DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE 40S OR HIGH 40S. MAYBE TOO STRONG OF A CAP IN THAT AREA BUT ADDED SOME LOW POPS AND WILL WATCH TO SEE. FOR THE MASON FIRE...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THREATENING WIND GUSTS THAT COULD CAUSE THE FIRE TO SURGE. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIE OFF THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER DEW POINTS MAY HELP THE SITUATION OVERNIGHT. TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WESTERN SHORT WAVE CLIMBS UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIDGE AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN THE WEST DROPS OFF QUICKLY. DRY SLOT BEHIND THE WAVE WILL SPREAD OVER WESTERN AREAS SO LEFT THE FORECAST DRY FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY IN THE WEST. ONLY LOW POPS FOR THE EAST WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. COVERAGE SUNDAY SHOULD BE LESS THAN TODAY WITH UPPER RIDGE STARTING TO FLATTEN OUT AND WEAK WESTERLY FLOW BRINGING DRIER AIR. .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) SOME CHANGES ARE BEING NOTED IN THE GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO PRECIP IN THE MTNS. LARGE SCALE PATTERN DISCUSSES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS IS STILL FCST TO HAPPEN...THAT IS RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD TO THE WEST OF US AND THIS WILL ALLOW MORE OF A N UPPERL LVL FLOW PATTERN TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. THIS IN TURN WILL ALLOW A BIT COOLER AND SOMEWHAT MOISTER AIRMASS TO MOVE INTO THE REGION. IT APPEARS NOW THAT THE N SFC SURGE SHOULD ARRIVE SOMETIME DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON MONDAY. THIS SHOULD SLIGHTLY INCREASE THE CHANCES OF WETTING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE E FACING SLOPES OF THE MTNS AND IMMEDIATE ADJ PLAINS AS DEWPTS CREEP UP AND BETTER SFC FORCING INTERACTS WITH E FACING SLOPES OF MTNS. IF WE CAN GET A GOOD HEAVY CONVECTIVE RAIN SHOWER EVENT OVER THE FIRES THIS WILL HELP...BUT MORE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOC WITH THE TSRA COULD ALSO HURT THE PROGRESS OF THE FIRES. TUESDAY...GUIDANCE INDICATING POSITIVE CAPE VALUES DEVELOPING OVER THE SJU AND C INTERIOR MTN REGIONS WITH HIER DEWPT NOTED. CAPE ALSO INCREASES PLAINS. THIS LIKELY MEANS TSRA WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVER THIS REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY INITIALLY BE ON THE DRY SIDE...BUT IF CAPE DOES INCREASE THEN THE STORMS SHOULD TRANSISTION TO WETTER STORMS. AS FOR THE PLAINS...NE FLOW ALOFT WILL FAVOR MOST IF NOT ALL PRECIP ON PLAINS TO OCCUR ALONG IMMEDIATE I- 25 CORRIDOR REGION. BEYOND TUESDAY...MADE VERY LITTLE IF ANY CHANGES TO THE GRIDDS. LONG RANGE GUIDANCE DOES SHOW SOME MSTR IN THE C AND S MTNS BUT IT STILL DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE MONSOON IS KICKING IN JUST YET. /HODANISH && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 628 AM MDT SAT JUL 9 2005 COZ058>089-093>099-101300- 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- 628 AM MDT SAT JUL 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP TODAY WILL BE HIGH BASED...AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL TO LESS THAN 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP OR MOVE ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS...WHERE BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WEAK STEERING FLOW ALOFT WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP WILL BE...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. SMALL HAIL...UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Dry lightning ignited a fire which burned 205 acres 10 miles west of Timpas in Otero County.
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