FNUS75 KGJT 311450
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDAR SPRINGS PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
850 AM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MDT ON MARCH 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...INTERESTING FORECAST FOR THE FIRE SITE TODAY. COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATEST STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA MOVED
THROUGH DURING THE NIGHT BRINGING PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW. MODELS
INDICATE THE FRONT WILL RETREAT BACK TO THE NORTH DURING THE
MORNING ALLOWING BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP DURING THE
AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES RISE IN THE WARM SECTOR...EXPECT
SCATTERED SHOWES OF RAIN INSTEAD OF SNOW. EXPECT COLDER
TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AS THE STORM MOVES THROUGH AND THE COLDER
AIR PUSHES EASTWARD ACROSS THE FIRE SITE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40%.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST-NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 13
                    MPH THROUGH 1100...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AS
                    THE FRONT RETREATS NORTH AND INCREASING TO
                    13 TO 18  MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......250 UNTIL 0900...REACHING 500 BY 1100...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 1050 BY 1400.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15
                    MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH AFTER 1300.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 1050 BY 1400.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...BILL HAYES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100331.CEDAR.03/GJT