FNUS75 KGJT 241809
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLIND CANYON...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1209 PM MDT FRI JUL 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1132 MDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOOK FOR AN INCREASE CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON AS
MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED OVER THE
FOUR-CORNERS. BY LATE AFTERNOON SOME VIRGA AND ISOLATED HIGH-BASED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THAT
DEVELOPS WILL PRODUCE ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS. MOISTURE CONTINUES
TO INCREASE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BY THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

***THANK YOU FOR SENDING FEEDBACK ON THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH
 I ASSUME WAS YESTERDAY'S MINIMUM. OBSERVED AFTERNOON TEMPERATURE...
 WINDS AND WIND DIRECTION WOULD ALSO BE GREATLY APPRECIATED...AND
 WOULD HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE FORECAST.***


.TODAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-30%) UNTIL 1400...THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SOME VIRGA DEVELOPING
                    AFTER 1500...WITH MAINLY HIGH-BASED ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AFTER 1600. THUNDERSTORMS
                    INCREASING BY 1900.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 0-5 MPH...INCREASING TO 5-10
                    MPH AFTER 1300. STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR VIRGA AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1600...THEN LAL 2...INCREASING TO 4
                    BY 1900.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN LAL 1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-89 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 0-5 MPH UNTIL 0930...THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY. INCREASING TO 4-8
                    MPH AFTER 1300. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN LAL 4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...NATHAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090724.BLIND.01/GJT