FNUS75 KGJT 011812
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDFIRE ACADEMY...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1212 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON JUNE 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UNUSUALLY DEEP MOISTURE FOR EARLY JUNE LINGERS OVER THE
FIRE ACADEMY AND SURROUNDINGS. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
TRACKING EAST ALONG THE CO/NM BORDER. THIS IS PROVIDING LARGE
SCALE LIFT TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THEN DAYTIME HEATING AND OF COURSE
OROGRAPHICS WILL BE THE MAIN LIFTING MECHANISM TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
CHANCES OF .01 INCH OF RAIN 95% BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CHANCES OF 0.10
INCH...75%. CHANCES OF 0.20 INCHES OR MORE...50%.

SEE YOU ON TUESDAY!

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
                    SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-38%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH 2-5 MPH WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS TO AROUND
                    20 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-95%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 2-5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2200...THEN 1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING (50-60%) THEN MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%) IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 2-5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1000...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...JIM JAMINET
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090602.WILDF.01/GJT