FNUS75 KGJT 231336
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COOPER SPRINGS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
736 AM MDT SUN AUG 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0657 MDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE BURN AREA
LAST NIGHT. A DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH
THIS MORNING. THERE SHOULD BE A PERIOD OF DRYING BEHIND IT LATE
THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE DAYTIME HEATING TRIGGERS
ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND WET THUNDERSTORMS. MOIST
UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE BURN AREA MONDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE COOLER TODAY AND MONDAY...MAINLY DUE TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). PERIOD OF PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) FROM 1100 TO 1400. ISO
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........41-46%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 17 MPH UNTIL 1300...THEN SOUTH 7-12 MPH WITH GUSTS
CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1400...THEN BECOMING 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND WET THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...TH
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-54 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-82%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 6 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 12 MPH AFTER MID
CLEARING INDEX......DECREASING TO 50.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-700 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-52%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5-10 MPH AFTER 1200 WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
CLEARING INDEX......890.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...BRAD PIETRUSZKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090823.COOPE.02/GJT