FNUS75 KGJT 230225
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR RATHOLE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
825 PM MDT SAT AUG 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1950 MDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOISTURE WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY OVER THE REGION SUNDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS MAY INITIALLY BE DRY EARLY IN THE DAY...BUT TRANSITION
TO WET STORMS BY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AS WELL...
MAINLY AS A RESULT OF CLOUD COVER. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE LIGHT...SO
OUTFLOW FROM STORMS WILL BE THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF SURFACE WINDS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......PRIMARILY WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN
                    NATURE DRIVEN BY STORM OUTFLOW (GUSTS TO 45 MPH
                    OR HIGHER POSSIBLE). OTHERWISE ABSENT OF STORMS
                    WINDS WILL BE LIGHT UPSLOPE.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................4.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-57%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 10-15 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.

$$
FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN
REQUESTED BY...TROY SUWYN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090822.RATHO.01/GJT