FNUS75 KGJT 250447 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR EASTLAND PILES...STATE OF UTAH, DNR,FFSL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1047 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 MDT ON MAY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...EXPECT LIGHTER SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT TODAY AS A BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE WEST COAST...AND HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. MUCH DRIER AIR IS OVER THE AREA TODAY. AFTER THE MORNING SURFACE INVERSION BURNS OFF ABOUT 1030 AM...THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE. A SUBSIDENCE INVERSION WILL CAP VERTICAL MIXING AT ABOUT 7500 FEET ABOVE GROUND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68 F. MIN HUMIDITY........8-13%. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1030 AM...THEN BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-9 MPH. OCCASIONALLY SOUTHWEST GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....(THESE ADJECTIVE ARE USED IN COLORADO ONLY) POOR UNTIL 1030, THEN FAIR. BECOMING GOOD BY 1400. TRANSPORT WINDS.....(USUALLY REQUESTED WITH SPOTS) DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH UNTIL 1030, THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12 MPH. CLEARING INDEX......50...BECOMING 500+ ABOUT 1030 AM...THEN INCREASING TO 900 BY 1400. $$ FORECASTER...CHRIS CUOCO REQUESTED BY...ALLEN C BRIGGS JR TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100525.EASTL.01/GJT