FNUS75 KGJT 202231 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR MARBLE SKI AREA...CARBONDALE EM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 431 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1611 MDT ON OCTOBER 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT IS IN EASTERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON SLOWLY MOVING EAST. IT WILL PASS OVER THE BURN SITE AROUND 8PM +/- ONE HOUR. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH LIGHT SHOWERS POSSIBLE UNTIL SUNSET. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES AFTER SUNSET... LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. AS THE FRONT PASSES...EXPECT THE WINDS TO SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND THEN DIMINISH TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL END BY LATE WEDNESDAY WITH A COLD NIGHT IN STORE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53 F. 20-FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE WINDS FAVORING SOUTHWEST 8-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR SHOWERS OR VIRGA. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. LAL.................1. .TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32 F. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH AND GUSTY UNTIL 2000... THEN SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH BY 2100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2100...THEN BECOMING POOR BY 2400. LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-48 F. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY REQUESTED BY...VERN HOLMES TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20091020.MARBL.01/GJT