FNUS75 KGJT 090541
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MONUMENT...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1041 PM MST MON MAR 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON MARCH 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST TODAY AS
CLOUDS INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. BY EVENING...EXPECT
PRECIPITATION OVER BURN SITE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN POSSIBLY
SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOST PRECIPITATION WILL
FALL TO SOUTH OF BURN SITE BUT ANY MODEST CHANGES TO FORECAST
TRACK COULD INCREASE SNOW AND RAIN AMOUNTS. EXPECT THIS UNSETTLED
PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AS YET ANOTHER WEAK
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH AREA. ON THE GOOD SIDE...SMOKE DISPERSAL
WILL REACH GOOD VALUES BY AFTERNOON TODAY AND TOMORROW.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-44 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-60%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......100 INCREASING TO 1050.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

CLEARING INDEX......300 DECREASING TO 100 LATE IN THE
                    EVENING.
.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......200 INCREASING TO 750.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN KEATING
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100309.MONUM.01/GJT