FNUS75 KGJT 050535
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIPPEAN ROCK...MOAB FIRE CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1135 PM MDT SAT JUL 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2256 MDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO AMPLIFY OVER THE AREA
TODAY ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT. SOME DRYING IS ALSO
EXPECTED SO THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE A LITTLE LESS NUMEROUS AND TEND
TO PRODUCE LIGHTER RAINFALL. HOWEVER GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WILL REMAIN
A CONCERN NEAR ANY STORMS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY MORNING (10-20%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CLEARING INDEX......950.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................4.

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FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN
REQUESTED BY...MOAB FIRE CENTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090704.CHIPP.01/GJT