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SPOT FORECAST FOR BOWERY SPRINGS PILES RX...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
923 AM MDT WED MAR 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0740 MDT ON MARCH 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.UPDATE...
NEW DATA SHOWS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER CLEARING INDEX FOR THIS AFTERNOON
ALTHOUGH STILL IN THE FAIR CATEGORY.

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG INVERSION THIS MORNING WILL BREAK DOWN LATE THIS MORNING
AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FAIRLY STABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL LIMIT
MIXING EVEN THIS AFTERNOON REACHING THE UPPER PART OF FAIR. RELATIVELY
LIGHT WINDS WITH AN OCCASIONAL GUST IN THE AFTERNOON. WEAK
SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL KEEP THE CLEARING INDEX LOW ON THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-16%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 18
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......350 THIS MORNING THEN 450 DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....16-21 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS 3-7 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......150.

.THURSDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5-10 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP
                    TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......250.

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FORECASTER...AS
REQUESTED BY...ERIK VALDEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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