FNUS75 KGJT 261134
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDAR SPRINGS PILES...USFS ASHLEY NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
534 AM MDT FRI MAR 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH OR WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH BURN SITE AT TIME OF IGNITION. EXPECT WINDS TO PICK UP AS
FRONT PASSES AND REMAIN SO FOR REMAINDER OF DAY. FRONT WILL BRING
RAIN AND SNOWFALL TO THE BURN SITE WITH ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5
INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH SURROUNDING AREAS REACHING 5 TO 10 INCHES.
DUE TO SNOW AMOUNTS A WINTER STORM ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED VALID
6AM THIS MORNING THOUGH 6AM SATURDAY MORNING. AFTER THE FRONT
PASSES...WRAPAROUND FLOW WILL CONTINUE CAUSING OCCASIONAL
SNOWSHOWERS FROM TIME TO TIME FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BY
SATURDAY MORNING...SNOWSHOWERS WILL END WHILE CLOUDS CLEAR
QUICKLY AND WINDS SUBSIDE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-44 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45%.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 15 GUSTING TO 25 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......150 INCREASING TO 1050.

.TONIGHT...

CLEARING INDEX......1050 DECREASING TO 400 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38%.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......150 INCREASING TO 1050 BY NOON.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS GAMBLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100326.CEDAR.01/GJT