FNUS75 KGJT 192303 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST VAIL PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 403 PM MST TUE JAN 19 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON JANUARY 20. 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. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90%). SHOWERS LIKELY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....29-34 F. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 8-14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO FAIR BY 1300. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....11-16 F. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). SHOWERS LIKELY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-33 F. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 8-14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO FAIR IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN REQUESTED BY...NICK COLLARD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100120.WESTV.01/GJT