FNUS75 KGJT 191541 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDAR SPRINGS PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 841 AM MST TUE JAN 19 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1010 MST ON JANUARY 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ONE WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BE SLOWLY EXITING THE REGION TODAY... RESULTING IN DECREASING SHOWERS. MODERATE MIXING AND WINDS ALOFT TODAY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). SCATTERED SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-38 F. MIN HUMIDITY........50-55%. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. CLEARING INDEX......200 THIS MORNING BECOMING 700 BY NOON. DURING SHOWERS CLEARING AUTOMATICALLY INCREASES ABOVE 500. .WEDNESDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-37 F. MIN HUMIDITY........55-60%. CLEARING INDEX......150 INCREASING TO 600 IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT DURING SHOWERS CLEARING AUTOMATICALLY INCREASES ABOVE 500. $$ FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN REQUESTED BY...CORDELL TAYLOR TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100119.CEDAR.01/GJT