FNUS75 KGJT 161659
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COOPER SPRING...U.S.F.S.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1059 AM MDT SUN AUG 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0959 MDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOOK FOR DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY.
EACH DAY SHOULD SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHT
DECREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES
SOUTHWEST TODAY...THEN DECREASES THROUGH MONDAY. A NORTH-SOUTH
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALSO AFFECT SURFACE WINDS.

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH MONDAY AS A
SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH TODAY...THEN DECREASES
ON MONDAY. TEMPERATURE


.TODAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-12%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1300 THEN BECOMING WEST
                    AND INCREASING TO 8-12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. AT TIMES SOUTHWEST
                    WINDS ALOFT MAY MIX TO THE SURFACE.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 1050 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........24-29%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH-NORTHEAST 0-5 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......50.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-11%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-3 MPH) UNTIL 1000...
                    THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH. INCREASING TO
                    8-12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A FEW GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 950 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...RENEE JACK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090816.COOPE.01/GJT