FNUS75 KGJT 280241
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDAR SPRINGS PILES...USFS ASHLEY NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
741 PM MST SAT FEB 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST ON FEBRUARY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A PACIFIC STORM WILL PASS THROUGH CENTRAL ARIZONA INTO NEW MEXICO
SUNDAY BRINGING SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH
OF THE FIRE SITE. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL EASE INTO THE AREA
RESULTING IN LESS MIXING. MEANWHILE...NORTHERLY TRANSPORT WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT SINCE THE FIRE SITE IS SO FAR REMOVED FROM THE
STORM CENTER. THE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION REACHING THE FIRE SITE
ARE REMOTE AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT A DEVELOPING SHOWER WOULD BE
OF SUFFICIENT DURATION AND INTENSITY TO IMPACT CLEARING IS REMOTER
STILL. LIGHTER WINDS AND SIMILAR TEMPERATURES EXPECTED MONDAY
WHICH DOES NOT FAVOR ACCEPTABLE CLEARING INDICES FOR BURNING.

.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE
                    MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF THE FIRE SITE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........48-53%.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......50 INCREASING TO 300 BY 1300.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-41 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55%.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......50 INCREASING TO 200 BY 1300.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...CORDELL TAYLOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100228.CEDAR.01/GJT