FNUS75 KGJT 091508
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TAMARISK PILES...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
808 AM MST WED DEC 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST ON DECEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...COLD AIR WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ENOUGH
INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON TO BOOST THE CLEARING
INDEX ABOVE 500...BUT SURFACE INVERSIONS WILL INTENSIFY TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...CREATING HAMPERING SMOKE DISPERSAL CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....19-24 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........57-62%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 5 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......BELOW 500 UNTIL 1200...THEN INCREASING TO 565 IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL BY 1200 INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 13 MPH AFTER 1200.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30%). PATCHY FREEZING FOG
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....6 BELOW TO 1 BELOW F.
MAX HUMIDITY........93-98%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......150 DECREASING TO 50 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH BECOMING DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....19-24 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........61-66%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......250.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3800 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN KEATING
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091209.TAMAR.01/GJT