FNUS75 KGJT 180344 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR MONUMENT...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 944 PM MDT WED MAR 17 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 MDT ON MARCH 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESS SHIFTS EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AS ANOTHER STORM DIGS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDINESS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CLOUDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND LOWER THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH. COOL AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%) UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F. MIN HUMIDITY........28-33%. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 0-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH FROM 2-6 MPH BY 1200. CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 1000 BY 1300. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7100 FT AGL BY 1300. TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 16 MPH BY 1300. .TONIGHT... CLEARING INDEX......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 100 BY 2200. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 2000 FT AGL BY 2200. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 MPH UNTIL 2200...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AND DECREASING TO 10 MPH BY 2400. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43 F. MIN HUMIDITY........46-51%. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH. CLEARING INDEX......350 UNTIL 0900...THEN INCREASING TO 1000+ BY 1100. MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 2000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN RISING TO 7500 FT AGL BY 1200. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 28 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON REQUESTED BY...PAUL PLEMONS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100318.MONUM.01/GJT