FNUS75 KGJT 090704
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRADFIELD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
104 AM MDT SUN AUG 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2222 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY MOVE OVER THE FIRE
SITE EARLY THIS MORNING, THEN REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
SOUTHWEST COLORADO TODAY. A STRONG SURFACE INVERSION WILL TRAP SMOKE
CLOSE TO THE GROUND UNTIL ABOUT 0900 WHEN THE INVERSION WILL LIFT.
SURFACE WINDS AND WINDS ALOFT WILL SLOWLY SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO
WEST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. CONDITIONS WILL BE UNSTABLE AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........34-39%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST (DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY) 5 MPH
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3000-39300 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-11%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    7-15 MPHI N THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO GOOD BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12000 FT AGL BY 1500.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH UNTIL 0900, THEN
                    WEST 10 MPH.


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FORECASTER...CHRIS CUOCO
REQUESTED BY...SHAWNA LEGARZA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090808.BRADF.01/GJT