FNUS75 KGJT 081740
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COOPER SPRINGS...MIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1140 AM MDT SAT AUG 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1038 MDT ON AUGUST 08. IF
CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY COLD FRONT WAS STALLED OVER EASTERN UTAH
NORTHWEST COLORADO THIS MORNING. THE FRONT SHOULD STAY NORTH OF THE
SITE TODAY...ALLOWING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE. THE FRONT
WILL EASE THROUGH THE SITE OVERNIGHT THEN WASH OUT. DRY NEARLY
CLOUDLESS...UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH POOR
RECOVERY AGAIN TONIGHT. DRY...RELATIVELY MILD CONDITIONS SUNDAY
WITH LESS WIND.

.TODAY (THROUGH SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 10
                    TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH AFTER
    1200.
CLEARING INDEX......RISING TO 1050 BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL IN BY 1300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......900 DECREASING TO 50 BY 2200.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-1000 FT AGL BY
    2200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH
    BY 2200.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 0800...BECOMING
    UPSLOPE 4 TO 7 MPH BY 1000...THEN SHIFTING TO
    THE WEST BY 1300 WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 13
    MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 700 BY 1400.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...SEAN MCARTHUR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090808.COOPE.02/GJT