FNUS75 KGJT 241425
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TOMICHI...USFS GUNNISON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
825 AM MDT FRI APR 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A PACIFIC STORM WILL DIG INTO THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND TONIGHT
BRINGING AN INCREASE IN SURFACE WINDS TO THE REGION. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EVENING. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW BETTER PACIFIC MOISTURE TO WORK
INTO THE AREA...INITIALLY MID TO HIGH LEVEL. MORE ACTIVE WEATHER
ARRIVES ON SATURDAY AS THE STORM OVER THE GREAT BASIN STARTS
MOVING EAST OVER WESTERN COLORADO.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%) THIS MORNING...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%). SOME BUILDUPS
                    DEVELOPING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5-10 MPH UNTIL
                    0930...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING
                    TO 15-20 MPH BY 1200 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH
                    DEVELOPING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING EXCELLENT BY 1200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 35 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...J  CHONKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090424.TOMIC.01/GJT