FNUS75 KGJT 081511
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MUSTANG RIDGE PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
811 AM MST MON MAR 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON MARCH 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
CLOSED LOW WILL TRACK EAST OF THE AREA AND BRING WRAP AROUND
CLOUD COVER AND ISOLATED SHOWERS TO THE FIRE SITE. NORTHWEST WINDS
SHOULD SHIFT BACK TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION LATER THIS MORNING
OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. CLEARING INDEX SHOULD REACH OVER 500 BY
LATE MORNING WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER VALUES NEAR AND AROUND SHOWERS.
A BRIEF RIDGE TONIGHT AND THEN THE NEXT SYSTEM ENTERS THE REGION
TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39%.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS TURNING WEST 5-7 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......50 INCREASING TO 750.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-44 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........39-44%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS TURNING SOUTHWEST 5-7 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......50 INCREASING TO 400. WILL BECOME 500 IN
                    AND NEAR SHOWERS

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FORECASTER...AS
REQUESTED BY...BILL HAYES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100308.MUSTA.01/GJT