FNUS75 KGJT 180339
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MEADOW CREEK...GRAND JUNCTION DSP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
939 PM MDT SAT JUL 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1918 MDT ON JULY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOOK FOR ANOTHER HOT DAY AS HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS
OVER THE REGION. ENOUGH MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE OVER
WESTERN COLORADO FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A LATE DAY THUNDERSTORM OR
SOME VIRGA IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE. ANY CONVECTION WILL PRODUCE
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.


.SUNDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (40-50%). VIRGA OR AN ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE AFTER 1700.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-83 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-17%.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 3-5 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING TO 5-9 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER 1400.
                    AFTER 1700 VARIABLE AND GUSTY OUTFLOW
                    WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    MAY DOMINATE AT TIMES.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN IMPROVING TO VERY
                    GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1700...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 13300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.SUNDAY NIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45%.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 3-6 MPH
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5000 KNOT-FT).
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100717.MEADO.02/GJT