FNUS75 KGJT 242307
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUNIGER...GRAND JUNCTION DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
507 PM MDT FRI JUL 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1639 MDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS AND MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE MAINLY WELL WEST OF
THE SITE, BUT THIS PLUME WILL MOVE EAST PRODUCING SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SITE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE
LIGHT AND FROM THE SOUTHWEST SATURDAY, THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND
NORTHWEST SUNDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2200.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........38-43%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH UNTIL 2100, THEN
                    SHIFTING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....AFTER 2100 BECOMING POOR.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-89 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH UNTIL 0900, THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900, THEN FAIR. BECOMING VERY GOOD
                    BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.


.SATURDAY TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-58%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH UNTIL 2100, THEN
                    SHIFTING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....AFTER 2100, BECOMING POOR.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH UNTIL 0900, THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-10 MPH GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900, THEN FAIR. IMPROVING TO VERY
                    GOOD BY 1400.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

$$
FORECASTER...CHRIS CUOCO
REQUESTED BY...BLM IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090724.BUNIG.01/GJT