FNUS75 KGJT 240348
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE MTN  RANCH RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
948 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON OCTOBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SMALL EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES IN DRY GENERALLY NORTHWEST
FLOW WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH ON SATURDAY...ONE IN THE
MORNING AND ANOTHER LATE IN THE DAY...WHICH MAY DELAY THE
FORMATION OF SURFACE INVERSIONS IN THE LATE EVENING. A STRONGER
DISTURBANCE IS THEN EXPECTED LATE ON SUNDAY. BOTH DAYS SHOULD
EXPERIENCE CLEARING INDEX OVER 500 IN THE AFTERNOON DUE TO A
FAVORABLE COMBINATION OF LOFT AND TRANSPORT WINDS.

.TODAY (SATURDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-6 MPH BY 1200. OVER RIDG
CLEARING INDEX......200 INCREASING TO 520 AT 1200 AND 790 BY 1500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL AT 1200...AND 7000 FT AGL BY 1500.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 MPH AT 1200 BECOMING WE

.TONIGHT (SATURDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-37 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH AFTER 2000. OVER RIDGETOPS...NORTHWEST 5-
CLEARING INDEX......DECREASING TO 200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 MPH DECREASING TO 7 MPH BY 2200 AND BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-51 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 3-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 6-8 MPH BY 1300 WITH OCC
CLEARING INDEX......305 AT 1200...INCREASING TO 975 BY 1500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL AT 1200...AND 8000 FT AGL BY 1500.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 MPH AT 1200...BECOMING  NORTH NORTHWEST 14 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...TYKO ISAACSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091024.BLUEM.01/GJT