FNUS75 KGJT 301457
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR YELLOW PINE...USFS-GMUG
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
857 AM MDT WED SEP 30 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0825 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS
WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH.
FRONTAL PASSAGE IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 1700 TO 1900 MDT. ONCE THE
FRONT PASSES...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER THROUGH... WITH SNOW
MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN BY LATE THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY AND COOL CONDITIONS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58 F. HIGH TEMPERATURE OCCURRING EARLY...
                    THEN REMAINING STEADY OR FALLING BY LATE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29%...MIN HUMIDITY OCCURRING EARLY...
                    THEN GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH THE DAY.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-20 MPH. GUSTS 25-35 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED GUSTS 50 TO
                    60 MPH POSSIBLE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 MPH INCREASING TO 40 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
                    RAIN GRADUALLY SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW LATE
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....22-27 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-85%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH
                    DECREASING TO 5 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 35 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST 25 MPH...AND DECREASING TO 7 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-41 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH...INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 31 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...RYAN HUGHES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090930.YELLO.01/GJT