FNUS75 KGJT 221354
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TOMICHI...USFS GUNNISON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
754 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0750 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 (40-50%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (65-75%) AFTER 1300. ISOLATED SHOWERS
    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-65 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...BECOMING EXCELLENT BY 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 11000 FT AGL BY 1300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH THROUGH 1000...THEN SOUTHWEST
    33 MPH AFTER 1200.

.TONIGHT...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...J  CHONKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090322.TOMIC.01/GJT