FNUS75 KGJT 071616
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRADFIELD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1016 AM MDT FRI AUG 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0956 MDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...LOW HUMIDITY...AND STRONG SHIFTING WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...MUCH DRIER AIR WILL BE OVER THE BURN AREA TODAY AND
SATURDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT TODAY WILL MIX DOWN TO THE
SURFACE BY LATE MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. THERE
MAY BE A TIME YET TOWARD MID-DAY WHERE WIND DIRECTION BECOMES WESTERLY
AS A DRY SURFACE PRESSURE TROUGH OR FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WIND WILL
THEN BECOME SOUTHWEST AGAIN AS THOSE SOUTHWEST STRONGER WINDS
ALOFT MIX DOWN. WINDS WILL BE WEAKER ON SATURDAY BUT STILL GUSTY
IN THE AFTERNOON AS WINDS ALOFT MIX DOWN. THE DRIER AIR WILL
RESTRICT HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%) UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 12-17 MPH BY 1200. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT BY 1200.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 12600 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 22 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 33 MPH AFTER 1300.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........32-37%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN BECOMING SOUT
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2100 THEN DECREASING TO POOR BY MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000 THEN DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL BY MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 24 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SHIFTING SOUTHWEST 10 MPH BY 1300 WITH OCCASI
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT BY 1400.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...BRADFIELD LOGISTICS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090807.BRADF.01/GJT