FNUS75 KGJT 080138
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST VAIL...GRAND JUNCTION DSP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
738 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1922 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 LOW
HUMIDITY AND SHIFTING WIND FROM DRY COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...

.DISCUSSION...
DRY SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS UTAH.  WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT
BUT AFTERNOON BREEZES RETURN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT STALLS
OVER EASTERN UTAH.  RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AS MID DAY
TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER.

.REST OF TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%) UNTIL 2200...THEN CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-45 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN DECREASING TO DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
                    5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    WINDS 5-8 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.

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FORECASTER...PAUL FRISBIE
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090807.WESTV.01/GJT