FNUS75 KGJT 282309
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKEYE WEST...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
509 PM MDT FRI MAY 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1645 MDT ON MAY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING (FRIDAY)
FOR COLORADO FIRE ZONE 205 JUST EAST OF THE BURN AREA...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING (FRIDAY)...

.DISCUSSION...THE STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER
SUNSET THIS EVENING...BUT GRADIENT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST
UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR LATER. A SHALLOW COLD FRONT ALONG THE WASATCH
MOUNTAINS WILL CROSS THE BURN AREA BETWEEN 0300 MDT AND 0700 MDT
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST WINDS AT THE SURFACE ON SATURDAY.
WINDS WILL BE OCCASIONALLY GUSTY ON SATURDAY...BUT NOT AS STRONG
AS TODAY.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50%) UNTIL 0900...THEN MOSTLY
                    SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-62 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 5 MPH UNTIL 1100 THEN INCREASING TO 8-10 MPH
                    WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH. WIND BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST AFTER 1700
CLEARING INDEX......900.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 MPH AFTER 1200 BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    AFTER 1700.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...PHIL DENDEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100528.BUCKE.02/GJT