FNUS75 KGJT 121503
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR RATHOLE...VERNAL BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
903 AM MDT WED AUG 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0804 MDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT RESULTING IN DRY
CONDITIONS AND HIGH HAINES INDEX. HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOW THIS
AFTERNOON WITH POOR RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE
AND BECOME GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON WITH GOOD MIXING. A WEAK
DISTURBANCE MOVES OVERHEAD LATE THIS EVENING AND MAY HELP TO KEEP
SOME GUSTS WINDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE THURSDAY
AND BRING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS 2-4 MPH INCREASING TO
                    SOUTH 8-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......50 INCREASING TO 850 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........24-29%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8-12 MPH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    SHIFTING TO TERRAIN DRIVEN 2-5 MPH AFTER 2200
                    WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 15 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH
                    MIDNIGHT.
CLEARING INDEX......150 DECREASING TO 100 IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS 2-4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST 7-10 MPH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......100 DECREASING TO 50 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 1000 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................2.

$$
FORECASTER...AS
REQUESTED BY...RICK SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090812.RATHO.01/GJT