FNUS75 KGJT 060459
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAT HOLE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1059 PM MDT SAT SEP 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1716 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOIST SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT. SMALL UPPER DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW WILL HELP
PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. INCREASED CLOUDINESS
WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN ON SATURDAY.
SURFACE WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE STRONGER...AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AS WELL AS WETTING RAINFALL.

.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...INCREASING TO
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-33%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING TO
                    7-10 MPH BY 1300 WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING 4.

.TONIGHT (SUNDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) UNTIL 2200...THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-56 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5-7 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    UNTIL 2000...THEN SOUTH 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 2.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...RICK SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090905.RATHO.01/GJT