FNUS75 KGJT 262255
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTWATER...BUREAU OF LAND MANGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
455 PM MDT MON OCT 26 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON OCTOBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO INVADE THIS EVENING AS A
STRONG AND COLD PACIFIC STORM DIGS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. SOUTHWEST
GRADIENT WINDS AND CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT HELPING THE
SURFACE-BASED INVERSION TO BREAK BY 1100 TUESDAY. THE ASSOCIATED
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS AT 1500-1700 TUESDAY. SHOWERS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT BUT WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. A
RAIN SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE TOWARDS WEDNESDAY MORNING. SHOWERS WILL
BE MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-22%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7-12 MPH INCREASING TO 10-16
                    MPH WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....AFTER 1100 GOOD.
CLEARING INDEX......GREATER THAN 500 BY 1100...THEN 1000+ AFTER
                    1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL AT 1100...INCREASING TO 7000 FT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 MPH...INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
                    30 MPH BY 1300...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 22 MPH
                    AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND 1600.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS...MIXED
                    WITH SNOW TOWARDS MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-31 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-100%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 16 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD EXCEPT EXCELLENT IN SHOWERS (BY
                    DEFINITION).
CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3000 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 21 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). NUMEROUS MORNING RAIN AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS...BECOMING SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-55%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT.
CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 19 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...MOAB DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091027.WESTW.01/GJT