FNUS75 KGJT 221403
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOS PINOS...USFS-GMUG
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
803 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MARCH 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SURGE OF DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION THIS MORNING AS AN
APPROACHING STORM SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO THE GREAT BASIN TODAY. THIS
WILL BRING DECREASED CLOUDS THROUGH THE MORNING WITH INCREASING
CLOUDS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN
AFTER 1200. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AS THE SURFACE
AND UPPER LEVEL GRADIENTS TIGHTEN. FRONTAL PASSAGE DURING THE
NIGHT SHOULD KEEP THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE MIXED FOR CONTINUED
FAVORABLE VENTILATION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLATED SHOWERS OR
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
    THROUGH 1200...INCREASING TO 15 TO 19 MPH WITH
    GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY 1400. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR THROUGH 1000...THEN EXCELLENT BY 1300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH THROUGH 1000...THEN SOUTHWEST
    35 MPH BY 1200.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PERIODS OF SNOW.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...PATRICK MEDINA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090322.LOSPI.01/GJT