FNUS75 KGJT 071516
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK LAKE...MOAB FIRE CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
916 AM MDT FRI AUG 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0847 MDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

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

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%)...BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%) AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-16%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE IN DIRECTION THIS MORNING THEN SOUTHWEST AGAI
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 29 MPH AFTER 1200.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....4550 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........32-37%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 13-16 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH AFTER 2200. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 MPH BECOMING WEST 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-19%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH INCREASING TO 7-12 MPH BY 1200. GUSTS TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE IN T
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090807.DUCKL.01/GJT