FNUS75 KGJT 181435
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COOPER SPRING...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
835 AM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0732 MDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL SWING AROUND THE
BASE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL CANADA BRINGING
AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS TO THE BURN SITE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. BUT AT THE SURFACE THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN DRY
TODAY...WITH POOR RH RECOVERY AGAIN OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WITH
OVERNIGHT LOWS QUITE WARM DUE SCATTERED CLOUDS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL INCREASE JUST SLIGHTLY ON WEDNESDAY.


SLIGHTLY HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON
WEDNESDAY. BEHIND THIS DISTURBANCE THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME
NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-30%)...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (30-40%) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-12%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-5) UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST 0-5 MPH AND INCREASING TO 8-12
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS 20-25 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 1050 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 MPH.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........25-30%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 0-3 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......100
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-3 MPH) UNTIL 1000...
                    THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH...INCREASING
                    TO 8-12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 20
                    MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 1050 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 17 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...FRED KAMINSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090818.COOPE.01/GJT