FNUS75 KGJT 241653
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COOPER SPRINGS...MANTI LA SAL NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1053 AM MDT MON AUG 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1014 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE HEAVIEST SURGE OF MOISTURE HAS LIFTED TO THE
NORTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE SITE THIS MORNING...BRINGING SOME
MORNING CLEARING. BUT THERE IS SUFFICIENT AVAILABLE MOISTURE FOR
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. A WEAK DISTURBANCE PASSES TONIGHT SO KEPT
A MENTION OF NOCTURNAL STORMS. THE SURFACE-BASED INVERSION WILL BE
WEAK AND BREAK TUESDAY MID-MORNING. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
PASSES TUESDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WITH LESS CHANCE OF RAIN. A WEAK ASSOCIATED
FRONT WILL SHIFT THE LATE AFTERNOON WINDS TO NORTHWEST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CLEARING INDEX......LESS THAN 500 UNTIL 1200...THEN INCREASING
                    TO 1000+.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL BY 1200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CLEARING INDEX......LESS THAN 500...EXCEPT HIGHER VICINITY OF
                    STORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL...EXCEPT HIGHER NEAR
                    STORMS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING. BY 1100
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH AFTERNOON
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 1700.
CLEARING INDEX......LESS THAN 500 UNTIL 1100...THEN INCREASING
                    TO 850 BY 1400.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 2. LAL OF 4 AFTER 1400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 3000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100. THEN
                    INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL. HIGHER NEAR STORMS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH UNTIL 0900. THEN BY 1100 SOUTHWEST
                    12 MPH...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST BY 1700.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...VICTORA  IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090824.COOPE.01/GJT