FNUS75 KGJT 100156
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRADFIELD...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
756 PM MDT SUN AUG 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1905 MDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT
UNDER CLEAR SKIES. INVERSION FORMATION WILL BEGIN AS THE SUN
SETS...THEN BECOME STRONG AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE A DEEPER MIXED
LAYER WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY AS COMPARED TO THIS AFTERNOON...THE
FLOW ALOFT BECOMES WESTERLY OVERNIGHT AND WEAKENS. TERRAIN DRIVEN
WINDS WILL DOMINATE AT THE SURFACE.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........31-36%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 0-5 MPH UNTIL SUNSET...THEN
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 4-8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR BY SUNSET (LOWERING TO 7000 KNOT-FT BY
                    MIDNIGHT).
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH SHIFTING DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-CANYON
                    8 MPH AFTER SUNSET.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWN-CANYON 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1000...
                    THEN BECOMING UPSLOPE/UP-CANYON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 12300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...JEANIE HARRIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090809.BRADF.01/GJT