FNUS75 KGJT 080424
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR DALLAS CREEK PILES...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
924 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON DECEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BURN SITE THROUGH 6PM
THIS EVENING THOUGH MOST EFFECTS OF THE BLIZZARD SHOULD BE FELT
ON SOUTHSIDES OF MOUNTAINS. THAT BEING SAID...16 TO 30 INCHES OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE
STARTED MOVING OVER AREA EARLY LAST NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL DROP
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE FROM TIME TO TIME. SMOKE
DISPERSAL WILL BE FAIR BY MID-MORNING BECOMING EXCELLENT BY EARLY
AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....27-32 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR BY 10AM INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    BY 1PM.
HAINES INDEX........3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 24 MPH INCREASING TO 35 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...STEVE MUELLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091208.DALLA.01/GJT