FNUS75 KGJT 221406
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COOPER SPRING...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
806 AM MDT SAT AUG 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0739 MDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE UPPER RIDGE HAS SLIPPED EAST OF THE BURN AREA
ALLOWING MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO BEGIN SPREADING NORTH INTO NEVADA
AND WESTERN UTAH. THE BURN AREA WILL BE ON THE FRINGE OF THE MAIN
MOISTURE PLUME TODAY AND MUCH OF TONIGHT FOR ONLY ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE DRY ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING.
MOISTURE IMPROVES ON SUNDAY FOR BETTER COVERAGE OF WET
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL TURN COOLER AFTER TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%) UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLAT
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-19%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-3 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7=10 MPH B
CLEARING INDEX......1000+ AFTER 1200.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 12000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 2 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS DRY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-62%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5-10 MPH. A FEW GUSTS TO 14 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 5 MPH BY MI
CLEARING INDEX......800 DECREASING TO 50 IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-800 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5 MPH INCREASING TO 8-12 MPH BY 1300. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NE
CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 21 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...FRED KAMINSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090822.COOPE.01/GJT