FNUS75 KGJT 050307
FWSGJT

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2040 MDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH
HAINES...DRY FUELS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY LIGHTNING...

.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.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY (THROUGH SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 0800...THEN
    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH BY 1100. GUSTY AND
    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....BECOMING WEST 10 MPH BY 1100.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS
    AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2200.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........37-42%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH THROUGH 2200...THEN DOWNSLOPE 5
    MPH BY MIDNIGHT.

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