FNUS75 KGJT 191517
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCKY RIDGE...CRAIG DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
917 AM MDT SUN JUL 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0838 MDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL ROTATE AROUND THE HIGH AND OVER NORTHWESTERN
COLORADO TODAY. THIS WILL ALSO BRING AN INCREASE IN MID LEVEL
MOISTURE AND ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON...EXPECT GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.
MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AND STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE MORE RAIN LATE
THIS EVENING AND ON MONDAY. ANOTHER WAVE MOVES OVERHEAD
MONDAY...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS 3-5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 5-8 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000 TURNING TO VERY GOOD BY NOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........33-38%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2000 THEN TURNING POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...AS
REQUESTED BY...MAC ZIMMERMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090719.ROCKY.01/GJT