FNUS75 KGJT 231627
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR NARRAGUINNEP...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1027 AM MDT SUN AUG 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1003 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 OVER EASTERN UTAH THIS
THIS MORNING AND WILL JUST BRUSH THE BURN AREA. THERE SHOULD BE A PERIOD
OF DRYING BEHIND IT LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE
DAYTIME HEATING TRIGGERS A ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND WET
THUNDERSTORMS. MOIST AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE BURN AREA TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). A PERIOD OF PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50%) FROM1100 TO ABOUT 1400. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200...BECOMING SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5-10 MPH AFTER
                    1200. A FEW GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR BECOMING FAIR BY 1200.. INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT BY 1400.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 10400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH SOUTHWEST 10 MPH INCREASING 16 MPH
                    AFTER 1200.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 5 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 12 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN DECREASING TO POOR
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-400 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN MOORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090823.NARRA.01/GJT