FNUS75 KGJT 211409
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TOMICHI...USFS GUNNISON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
809 AM MDT SAT MAR 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0805 MDT ON MARCH 21. IF
CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DEEPENING PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING INCREASED
SOUTHWEST FLOW AND UNSEASONABLY MILD TEMPERATURES TODAY. SOME
LIGHT DISTURBANCES WILL GENERATE ISOLATED SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER
THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. DRY AIR AT LOWER ELEVATIONS POINTS TO MORE
WIND THAN RAINFALL AT THE FIRE SITE. GRADIENT FLOW INCREASES
SUNDAY AS THE STORM MOVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN. INCREASED SHOWERS
AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%) AFTER 1200. ISOLATED SHOWERS
    OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-67 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-19%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 1000...THEN
    INCREASING TO 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
    AROUND 25 MPH BY 1200. GUSTS TO 45 MPH
    POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF SHOWERS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR THROUGH 1000...THEN VERY GOOD BY 1200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 10000 FT AGL BY 1300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH THROUGH 1000...THE SOUTHWEST
    15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING POOR (13000-17100 KNOT-FT) BY 2200.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (70-80%) BY 1300. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING EXCELLENT BY 1200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH THROUGH 1000...THEN INCREASING
    TO 30 MPH BY 1200.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...J  CHONKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090321.TOMIC.01/GJT