FNUS75 KGJT 310338
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SIBLEY...VAIL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
938 PM MDT FRI OCT 30 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON OCTOBER 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL HAVE
MOVED OUT OF COLORADO BY EARLY MORNING LEADING TO MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES TODAY. STRONG SUBSIDENCE INVERSION WILL SET UP OVER
MOUNTAINS AND SLOWLY LIFT WITH DAYTIME HEATING. FAIR SMOKE
DISPERSAL IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL BE RATHER
SHORT-LIVED AS INVERSION STRENGTHENS QUICKLY IN THE EARLY
EVENING. CLEAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE OVERNIGHT WITH WARMING
CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-44 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR IN THE MORNING BECOMING FAIR EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING BECOMING 6500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 12 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....16-21 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR IN THE MORNING BECOMING FAIR EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-300 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 9000
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 17 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...TOM TALBOT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091031.SIBLE.01/GJT