FNUS75 KGJT 260425
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TAMARISK PILES RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1025 PM MDT THU MAR 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AN EARLY SPRING STORM WILL PASS OVER THE FIRE SITE TODAY BRINGING
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. LATEST GUIDANCE INDICATED
THAT THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER THE
FIRE SITE AROUND 1200 WHICH IS WHEN SHOWERS WILL BECOME MOST
NUMEROUS...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL LIKELY
BEGIN AS RAIN CHANGING TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW BEHIND THE FRONT.
SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH DURING THE NIGHT.

.TODAY (FRIDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH FRONTAL
                    PASSAGE AROUND NOON.
CLEARING INDEX......250 THROUGH 1000...THEN INCREASING TO 1050
                    BY MIDDAY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7300 FT AGL BY
                    1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 18 MPH
                    AT 1200.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...RENEE JACK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100326.TAMAR.01/GJT