FNUS75 KGJT 060027
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR VEGA...MIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
627 PM MDT SAT SEP 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1755 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY WAS MOVING
EAST. IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE FIRE BUT ITS PROGRESSION
SHOULD BE MONITORED.

UNSETTLED AND MOIST SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY. SMALL UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL CROSS THE AREA RESULTING IN
PERIODS OF INCREASED ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT SUNDAY OVER WHAT
WAS OBSERVED TODAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2300...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    UNTIL 0500.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH 3-5 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 12 MPH BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH AFTER 2100.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2300...THEN 3.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1300...THEN INCREASING TO
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN VARIABLE
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH BY 1300 WITH GUSTS
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING 4.

$$
FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...JOHN SHAFFER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090905.VEGA_.01/GJT