FNUS75 KGJT 182001
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIMNEY ROCK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
201 PM MDT THU MAR 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING
AND WILL HAVE EXITED BURN SITE BY LATE AFTERNOON. A RAIN/SNOW MIX
CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF AND ALONG FRONTAL PASSAGE...POSSIBLY
DROPPING AN INCH OR TWO OF NEW SNOW.  HAVING SAID THAT...IF
TEMPERATURES STAY WARMER... WILL BE AN ALL RAIN EVENT. WINDS WILL
BE ON THE INCREASE WITH STRONG WINDS AT RIDGETOP DUE TO TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT AND THEN SLOWLY DECREASING IN THE EARLY
EVENING. FOR THAT REASON...SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE GOOD...
POSSIBLY VERY GOOD BY AFTERNOON.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). NUMEROUS SNOW AND RAIN
                    SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-38 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-49%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
                    16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN MOORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100319.CHIMN.01/GJT