FNUS75 KGJT 281247
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SEEDHOUSE PILES BURN...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
647 AM MDT WED OCT 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 MDT ON OCTOBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
A MAJOR WINTER-LIKE STORM WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH 40 MPH WILL CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL AND WIND CHILL
WILL MAKE IT FEEL EVEN COLDER.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES.
    BLOWING SNOW CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....20-25 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........78-83%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 18 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
     40 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 35 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT BRINGUEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091028.SEEDH.01/GJT