FNUS75 KGJT 211509 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDAR SPRINGS PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 809 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON JANUARY 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER EASTERN UTAH TODAY CAUSING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE AREA. SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THE WINDS STRENGTHEN ALOFT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SYSTEM WILL HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....30-35 F. MIN HUMIDITY........56-61%. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8-14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THIS MORNING BECOMING GOOD LATE THIS MORNING. CLEARING INDEX......450 INCREASING TO 1050 IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-33 F. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9-17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH DECREASING TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CLEARING INDEX......450 INCREASING TO 1000. $$ FORECASTER...AS REQUESTED BY...CORDELL TAYLOR TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100121.CEDAR.01/GJT