FNUS75 KGJT 192250 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR PACK CREEK PILES...FS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 350 PM MST TUE JAN 19 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1535 MST ON JANUARY 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS. MODERATE MIXING AND WINDS ALOFT THIS AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE GOOD CLEARING. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THURSDAY. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). MORNING SNOW SHOWERS...MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO RAIN BY 1100. MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-39 F. MIN HUMIDITY........60-70%. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-10 MPH WITH A FEW AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20 MPH. CLEARING INDEX......100 INCREASING TO 700. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN REQUESTED BY...HEATHER MCLEAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100119.PACKC.01/GJT