FNUS75 KGJT 130506
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK RIDGE RX...SOUTHERN UTE BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1106 PM MDT WED MAY 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MAY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A BROAD TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE REGION THROUGH
SATURDAY. SHOWERS MAY HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT...BUT SHOWERS ARE
UNLIKELY AFTER THIS MORNING. GRADIENT AND TRANSPORT WINDS ARE
LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WITH THE WINDS AT THE BURN SITE LIGHT
AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. FRIDAY...A STRONGER DISTURBANCE MOVES WEST TO
EAST TO THE NORTH OF THE BURN SITE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR INCREASED
TRANSPORT WINDS. A DRY WARMING TREND BEGINS SUNDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY EARLY MORNING. OTHERWISE PARTLY
                    CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-62 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-23%.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100... INCREASING TO VERY GOOD.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL AT 1000...INCREASING TO 9000 FT
                    AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...RICH GUSTAFSON  FMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100513.BLACK.01/GJT