FNUS75 KGJT 171412
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COOPER SPRING...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
812 AM MDT MON AUG 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0731 MDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DOMINATE SOUTHEAST UTAH
THROUGH TUESDAY AS A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN. ONE DISTURBANCE WILL PASS NORTH OF THE AREA
ON TUESDAY RESULTING IN MORE CLOUDS AND AN INCREASE IN WINDS AT
THE BURN SITE.


.TODAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-12%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-3) UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 0-5 MPH INCREASING TO 5-10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS 17-22 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 1050 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH...INCREASING TO 15 MPH AFTER
                    1500.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST 0-5 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......DECREASING TO 50 BY 2200.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (30-40%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-3) UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 0-5 MPH INCREASING TO 8-12
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS 20-25 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......50 INCREASING TO 1050.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...FRED KAMINSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090817.COOPE.01/GJT