FNUS75 KGJT 241418
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR DENNY FIRE...CRAIG DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
818 AM MDT FRI JUL 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0719 MDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOOK FOR AN INCREASE IN MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS
TODAY 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.

.TODAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%...INITIALLY THIN HIGH
                    CLOUDS)...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%)
                    AFTER 1500. SOME VIRGA DEVELOPING AFTER 1600...
                    WITH ISOLATED HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS
                    POSSIBLE AFTER 1700.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 0-5 MPH UNTIL 0930...THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY. INCREASING TO 4-8
                    MPH AFTER 1300. AFTER 1500 WINDS BECOMING
                    WEST 5-10 MPH. STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR VIRGA AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1...LAL 2 AFTER 1700.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND 2300. BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (40-50%) AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 9-13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH UNTIL 2300...THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/
                    DOWNVALLEY 0-5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2300...THEN LAL 1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). WIDELY SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
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.................3.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...BLM IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090724.DENNY.01/GJT