FNUS75 KGJT 101345
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TOMICHI...USFS GUNNISON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
745 AM MDT SAT APR 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0750 MDT ON APRIL 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED TODAY WITH GOOD VENTILATION
ALLOWING FOR EXCELLENT SMOKE DISPERSAL AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.
WINDS WILL SWITCH FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH
RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS THROUGH THE DAY.
OROGRAPHIC FLOW WILL FIRE OFF SOME SHOWERY ACTIVITY AROUND THE
AREA BUT NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OVER BURN SITE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT DECREASING TO POOR IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%).
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 13
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 11 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...J  CHONKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100410.TOMIC.01/GJT