FNUS75 KGJT 061735
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIPPEAN ROCK UT...MOAB FIRE CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1135 AM MDT MON JUL 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1108 MDT ON JULY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...INCREASINGLY DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH TUESDAY. GOOD SURFACE HEATING WILL GENERATE UPSLOPE
SURFACE WINDS AND MAY CAUSE SOME RIDGETOP CONVERGENCE AND LOCALLY
ERRATIC WINDS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRY AND WARM AIR WILL
RESULT IN A HIGH HAINES INDEX.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-10%) UNTIL 1300...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-82 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH. SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH OVER RIDGETOPS BUT POSSIBLY VARIABLE DIRECT
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........25-30%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH. SOUTHWEST 10-14 MPH OVER RIDGETOPS.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...MOAB FIRE CENTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090706.CHIPP.01/GJT