FNUS75 KGJT 010019
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING CREEK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
619 PM MDT FRI JUL 31 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1758 MDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN
THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE SITE THROUGH 2000 THIS EVENING...THEN
CLEARING SKIES. DRIER MORE STABLE AIRMASS PUSHES OVER THE AREA
OVERNIGHT FOR DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS SATURDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE FIRE SITE THROUGH 2000.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
    THROUGH 2000...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 4 TO 7
    MPH BY 2300. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING POOR BY 2200 (10000 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO BELOW 1000 FT AGL BY 2300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 14 MPH THROUGH 2000...THEN BECOMING
    NORTHEAST 8 MPH BY 2300.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (30-40%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 0900...THEN
    UPSLOPE 4 TO 7 MPH BY 1200.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING GOOD BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 9000 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH THROUGH 0900...THEN BECOMING
    NORTH 10 MPH BY 1200.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN FAITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090731.SPRIN.01/GJT