FNUS75 KGJT 202114 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR ELECTRA LAKE PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 314 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON OCTOBER 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO TRACK TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE TAPPERING OFF AS A DRY SLOT ROTATES NORTHWARD IN FRONT OF THE LOW CENTER. THE LOW WILL DIG SOUTH INTO CENTREAL NEW MEXICO AND BRING WRAP AROUND MOISTURE TO SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY UNDER A DRIER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THE DRY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAX HUMIDITY........67-72%. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000-1100 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 MPH AFTER 2100. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIN HUMIDITY........33-38%. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200 THEN BECOMING GOOD. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-3100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 18 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%). MAX HUMIDITY........60-65%. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900 THEN BECOMING POOR. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 11 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...AS REQUESTED BY...JAOCB THELEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091021.ELECT.01/GJT