FNUS75 KGJT 032354
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MOAB TAMARISK...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
454 PM MST WED MAR 3 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST ON MARCH 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTH FLOW AND THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AS SHOWERS BECOME
WIDESPREAD. THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING CLOUDY
                    (90-100%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39%.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNVALLEY WINDS 5 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 8-12 MPH WITH GUSTS 15-20
                    MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS OR SHOWERS.
CLEARING INDEX......100 INCREASING TO 1050.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1700 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING
                    TO 7900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 MPH INCREASING TO 29 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

CLEARING INDEX......GENERALLY 500...BUT LOWER AWAY FROM SHOWERS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 26 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...PAUL PLEMONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100304.MOABT.01/GJT