FNUS75 KGJT 010113
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MAROON...PITKIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
713 PM MDT FRI JUL 31 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1852 MDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS WERE DISIPATING OVER THE RESCUE SITE AS OF
THIS WRITING...THOUGH ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. BASED ON EXTRAPOLATED
MOVEMENT EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO REACH MAROON BELLS AT 2000 PLUS
OR MINUS 10 MINUTES. AFTERWARD...EXPECT CLEARING SKIES AND COLD
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES AT THE 12000 ELEVATION. DRIER AND MORE
STABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE SATURDAY WITH CONTINUED NORTHWEST FLOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (40-50%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 2100 (SEE DISCUSSION
     ABOVE).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH
    THROUGH 2030...SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH BY
    2300. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING NORTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH BY 1200.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...PITKIN63
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20090731.MAROO.01/GJT