FNUS75 KGJT 190356
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR RATHOLE...BLM/VERNAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
956 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1745 MDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE SURFACE-BASED INVERSION WILL BREAK BY MID-
MORNING. WEDNESDAY...A DRY DISTURBANCE WILL PASS WELL EAST OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL MIX DOWN AGAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON...BUT WILL BE WEAKER THAN ON TUESDAY. THEN EXPECT A DRY
WARMING TREND INTO THE WEEKEND AS A RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON WINDS WILL BE TERRAIN DRIVEN WITH LIGHT WINDS
ALOFT FROM THE NORTH. MONSOONAL MOISTURE RETURNS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNVALLEY 1-4 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE. AFTER 1100...NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH
                    WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNVALLEY (SOUTHEAST) 1-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-30%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-81 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-14%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNVALLEY 1-4 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE. AFTER 1100...NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH
                    WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...JESSE BASSETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090818.RATHO.01/GJT