FNUS75 KGJT 100137
FWSGJT

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1855 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. TEMPERATURES
WILL MODERATE SOMEWHAT MONDAY NIGHT...BUT REMAIN BELOW NORMAL.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-52 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-6 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    AS THE SUN SETS.
CLEARING INDEX......550 DECREASING BY SUNSET TO 200...THEN TO 50 LATE
                    IN THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL AFTER SUNSET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH UNTIL SUNSET...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTH 6 MPH.

.MONDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-11%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST...BECOMING WEST 5-10 MPH AFTER
                    1400.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 650 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 11900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH 3-6 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......DECREASING TO BELOW 100 LATE IN THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 MPH.


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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...COURTNEY BALDWIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090809.LOCKE.01/GJT