FNUS75 KGJT 170510
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR RATHOLE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1110 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2019 MDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE GRADIENT WINDS WILL RELAX SOMEWHAT TODAY.
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR TO SUNDAY. SURFACE-BASED
INVERSIONS WILL SET UP QUICKLY BEGINNING JUST BEFORE SUNSET.
TUESDAY MAY BE A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER. A PASSING DISTURBANCE IN
THE AFTERNOON THREATENS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 1-4 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE. AFTER 1100...NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH
                    WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......LESS THAN 500 UNTIL 1100...THEN INCREASING TO 900.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 1-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (30-40%). ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-77 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 3-6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    NEAR AFTERNOON VIRGA OR STORMS.
CLEARING INDEX......LESS THAN 500 UNTIL 1000...INCREASING TO 1000.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...DAVE INGRAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090816.RATHO.01/GJT