FNUS75 KGJT 050150
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CALVERT...MOAB DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
750 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1854 MDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...THE SURFACE-BASED INVERSION WILL BEGIN TO SET UP JUST
BEFORE SUNSET WITH POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY. MID-LEVEL MOISTURE
INCREASES ON WEDNESDAY...FOR SOME INCREASED POTENTIAL OF DRY LATE-
DAY STORMS. CRITICAL FIRE DAYS ARE THURSDAY (INCREASED GRADIENT
WINDS) AND FRIDAY (STRONG WINDS AND FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE).

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 2100...THEN
    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH BY 2300.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH UNTIL 2200...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
    5 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY (THROUGH SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH THROUGH 0800...THEN
    BECOMING UPSLOPE 4 TO 7 MPH BY 1100. GUSTY
    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH THROUGH 1000...THEN SOUTHWEST 8
    MPH AFTER 1200.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........33-38%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH BY 2200. GUSTY AND
    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.CALVE.01/GJT