FNUS75 KGJT 271446
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR UCR ENGINE ACADEMY...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
846 AM MDT TUE APR 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0818 MDT ON APRIL 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING BELOW 8000 FEET FOR HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING BELOW 8000 FEET FOR REALLY HIGH WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...DOWNVALLEY WINDS ARE ENHANCED THIS MORNING AS A
STRONG PACIFIC STORM COMES ONSHORE. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE
MORNING THEN SWITCH AROUND TO SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO
35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH MAX HEATING LATE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF
68...WHICH WILL DROP THE AFTERNOON RH BELOW 15%. THE COMBINATION
OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING.

THE SURFACE- BASED INVERSIONS WILL BE VERY WEAK TONIGHT...EVEN
BREAKING AT TIMES. SO PERIODIC GUSTY WINDS WILL KEEP THE LOW
TEMPERATURE QUITE MILD TONIGHT.

THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PACIFIC STORM APPROACHES ON
WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY COULD BE THE FIRST DAY THIS
YEAR ABOVE 80 DEGREES IN GRAND JUNCTION. RED FLAG WARNINGS WILL
LIKELY BE ISSUED AGAIN FOR ZONE 203 BELOW 8000 FEET.

THE COLD FRONT PASSES WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH SHOWERS LIKELY
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOME 20
DEGREES COOLER INTO NEXT WEEK...HIGHS IN THE 50S AND LOWS 30S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY WITH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-13%.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........THICKENING HIGH CLOUDS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........28-34%.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........VERY WINDY. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST RESTRICTING
                    VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-81 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-14%.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...JEFF VANIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20100427.UCREN.01/GJT