FNUS75 KGJT 271927
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ELECTRA LAKE PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
127 PM MDT TUE OCT 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1320 MDT ON OCTOBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOISTEN AS A MAJOR
WINTER STORM TAKES AIM AT THE FOUR CORNERS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WITH CONDITIONS BECOMING BREEZY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE FLOW WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...BEFORE SWITCHING TO
NORTH LATE WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON WILL
INCREASE AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BY THIS EVENING. SHOWERS WILL
INITIALLY BE RAIN OR RAIN AND SNOW MIXED...BUT WILL TURN TO ALL
SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AND EVEN INTO THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.


.THIS AFTERNOON ...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45 F.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). SHOWERS INCREASING AND
                    BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-28 F.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR...GENERALLY POOR AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT
                    BETTER MIXING NEAR SHOWERS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 27 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....27-32 F.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING VERY GOOD BY NOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 9300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 MPH DECREASING TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...JACOB THELEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091028.ELECT.01/GJT