FNUS75 KGJT 070454
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST VAIL 2...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1054 PM MDT MON APR 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON APRIL 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVERHEAD TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE ABOVE NORMAL WHICH WILL AID IN MIXING. NORMAL DECOUPLING...
INVERSION FORMATION AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW TONIGHT. APPROACHING PACIFIC
STORM WILL BRING SHOWERS...WIND AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES
WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY (THROUGH SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH THROUGH 1000...THEN
    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH BY 1300.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING EXCELLENT BY 1400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 10000 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH THROUGH 1000...THEN
    WEST 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....18-23 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (15000 KNOT-FT).
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-52 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 0900...THEN
    BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH
    BY 1200 WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AFTER 1300. GUSTY
    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING EXCELLENT BY 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 10000 FT AGL BY 1300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 MPH BY 1200.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...ROB MACDONALD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090407.EASTV.02/GJT