FNUS75 KGJT 150035
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SEEDHOUSE RX PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
635 PM MDT WED OCT 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON OCTOBER 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UNSTABLE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP SHOWERS LINGERING
THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EVEN INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. AN
UPPER RIDGE WILL AMPLIFY WEST OF THE REGION LEAVING A FAIRLY TIGHT
GRADIENT OVER THE FIRE AREA THURSDAY. THE GRADIENT WEAKENS AS THE
RIDGE SHIFTS EAST STARTING LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WINDS WILL
DECREASE AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE AS THE RIDGE
MOVES OVERHEAD BY SATURDAY.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-60%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-8 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 9-14
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5900 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...AS
REQUESTED BY...LEE NELSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091015.SEEDH.01/GJT