FNUS75 KGJT 250356
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR PARIETTE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
956 PM MDT WED MAR 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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. BRISK NORTHWEST
FLOW BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM COMBINED
WITH DEEP INSTABILITY AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BRING EVEN GREATER
CLEARING FRIDAY.

.TODAY (THURSDAY)...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40%.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 3 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH BY 1400 WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                    TO 22 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 650 BY 1300.

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-28 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH 2000...
                    BECOMING WEST 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CLEARING INDEX......500 DECREASING TO 150.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...HANK BARELA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100325.PARIE.01/GJT