FNUS75 KGJT 040527
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TABAGUCHE CREEK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1127 PM MDT THU SEP 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2119 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 (FRIDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    5-7 MPH BY 1300. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH INCREASING TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    BECOMING NORTH LATE IN THE DAY.

.TONIGHT (FRIDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) UNTIL 2200...THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........48-53%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    5-10 MPH BY 1300. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 MPH AFTER 1300.


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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...STEVE MUELLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090903.TABAG.03/GJT