FNUS75 KGJT 220158
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COW RIDGE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
758 PM MDT WED JUL 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1926 MDT ON JULY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME WILL STREAM OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.  SHOWERS WILL STAY IN THE VICINITY OF THE BURN TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SOME DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE BURN SITE THURSDAY EVENING AND THE CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80%.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42%.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING UPSLOPE 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 12
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (40-50%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64%.
WIND (20 FT)........BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.



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FORECASTER...PAUL FRISBIE
REQUESTED BY...NICK NAUSLAR
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100721.COWRI.01/GJT