FNUS75 KGJT 130137
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAT HOLE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
736 PM MDT SAT SEP 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1910 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO REBUILD AND THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BACK TO
THE SOUTHWEST TODAY. ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN HOWEVER FOR DAYTIME
HEATING TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SUNDAY
NIGHT AS MOISTURE INCREASES FROM THE SOUTH.

.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 THROUGH THE MORNING.
                    THEN BECOMING WEST-SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH GUSTING TO 12 MPH UNTIL 2000,
                    THEN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5-10 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.


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FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN
REQUESTED BY...JAKE BROWN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090912.RATHO.01/GJT