FNUS75 KGJT 242300
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MT SOPRIS INCIDENT...PITKIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
500 PM MDT SAT JUL 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1641 MDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT BACK NORTH ACROSS WESTERN
COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL BRING A GRADUAL INCREASE
IN THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.  STORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE MORE
NUMEROUS SOUTH OF THE SEARCH AND RESCUE SITE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...BECOMING SCATTERED AFTER 1800.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70 F.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 4-8 MPH.GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) UNTIL 2100...THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52 F.

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FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON
REQUESTED BY...PITKIN DEPUTY 58
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20100724.MTSOP.01/GJT