FNUS75 KGJT 250432
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR PACK CREEK PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1032 PM MDT WED MAR 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON MARCH 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE SITE THURSDAY
NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON
FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE STORM...MILD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY AFTERNOON
WINDS WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE CLEARING INDICES. NORTHWEST FLOW
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM COMBINED WITH
DEEP INSTABILITY AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BRING DECENT CLEARING
FRIDAY.

.TODAY (THURSDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-54 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 0900...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 25 MPH AT TIMES BY 1300.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 1050 BY 1400.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......1050 DECREASING TO 100.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND 1100.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 500 BY 1100.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...JAMES WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100325.PACKC.01/GJT