FNUS75 KGJT 291055
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTWATER 1...MOAB DISPATCH BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
455 AM MDT WED JUL 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0020 MDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG SURFACE HEATING AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN THE
THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM OVER THE SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN BY LATE
MORNING...AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
STORMS THAT FORM OVER THE BOOK CLIFFS COULD IMPACT THE WESTWATER 1
WILDFIRE AS NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT STEER THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD WILD
FIRE. GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM NEARBY STORMS. WETTING RAINS
WILL BE POSSIBLE IF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVES OVERHEAD...THERE IS A
20 PERCENT CHANCE THAT THIS WILL OCCUR.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......1050.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........37-42%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 14 MPH BECOMING NORTH 5 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
CLEARING INDEX......1050.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PAUL FRISBIE
REQUESTED BY...MIFC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090729.WESTW.01/GJT