FNUS75 KGJT 052050
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR DIAMOND...MOAB FIRE CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
250 PM MDT WED AUG 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1403 MDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...UNSETTLED WEATHER EXPECTED THE LAST HALF OF THE WORK
WEEK AS THE UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND SHIFTS EAST...AND A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES THE BURN AREA FRIDAY. TODAY...MID-LEVEL MOISTURE
IS MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE BURN SITE AND WILL LEAD TO SOME
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORMS MAY BE DRY INITIALLY
BUT SHOULD WET UP TONIGHT. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO
THURSDAY FOR A CONTINUED THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS. CLOUDS WILL
INHIBIT SURFACE INVERSIONS TONIGHT...SO WATCH FOR THERMAL BELTS ON
THE SLOPES TONIGHT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (171600 KNOT-FT).
CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......13200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (40-50%) AFTER 2400. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 5 MPH
                    AFTER 2200. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD (149900 KNOT-FT) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (9000-15000 KNOT-FT) AFTER 2200.
CLEARING INDEX......1000+ DECREASING TO 100 BY 2400.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL
                    AFTER BY 2400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%) BY 1300. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1300...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST
                    14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH AFTER 1100.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (13000-16100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (241200 KNOT-FT) AFTER 1100.
CLEARING INDEX......150 INCREASING TO 1000+ AFTER 1100.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10100 FT AGL
                    AFTER 1100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 28 MPH
                    AFTER 1200.

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FORECASTER...JIM PRINGLE
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090805.DIAMO.01/GJT