FNUS75 KGJT 081950
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ELK FIRE...MOAB FIRE CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
150 PM MDT THU JUL 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1330 MDT ON JULY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOISTURE WILL INCREASE HELPING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING DECREASING LATE THIS EVENING. EXPECT ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS
WITH THE STORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM AGAIN EACH
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-89 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21%.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-61 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60%.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.


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FORECASTER...AS
REQUESTED BY...ELK FIRE IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100707.ELKFI.01/GJT