FNUS75 KGJT 041036
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAT HOLE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
436 AM MDT FRI SEP 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1915 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED FOR TODAY WITH LIGHT WINDS ALOFT RESULTING
IN SLOW STORM MOVEMENT AND WEAK TRANSPORT WINDS. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE
WILL MOVE ACROSS UTAH ON SATURDAY AND SHOULD RESULT IN A BIT MORE
SURFACE WIND AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...
                    THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 3-6 MPH.  GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1800...THEN LAL 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........37-42%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH BY 2100.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN LAL 2.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...
                    THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 3-6 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1800...THEN LAL 4.

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FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON
REQUESTED BY...ZACH MODDE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090903.RATHO.01/GJT