FNUS75 KGJT 162316
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR NEEDLE FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
516 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1655 MDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LARGE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER AND EAST OF THE FOUR
CORNERS THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT THE AIR TO STABILIZE THIS EVENING
AS SHADOWS OVERTAKE THE FIRE. EXPECT A THERMAL BELT TO MOVE UP THE
SLOPES AS A VALLEY INVERSION DEVELOPS AND DEEPENS. HUMIDITY WILL NUDGE
UP ON SATURDAY AS A BIT MORE MOISTURE REACHES THE FOUR CORNERS.
EXPECT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS EXCEPT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40%) UNTIL 2100...THEN BECOMING
                    CLEAR (0-10%) BY 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52%.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL OR LESS BY 2100.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH AFTER 2100.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%) UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLY 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 2.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN MOORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100716.NEEDL.01/GJT