FNUS75 KGJT 130016
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CONWAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
616 PM MDT THU AUG 12 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...DRY COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...

DISCUSSION...AT 1800 THE COOL FRONT WAS VERY NEAR THE BURN SITE.
STORMS AND SHOWERS WILL STAY NORTH OF THE BURN SITE...BUT WATCH FOR
VIRGA THAT COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS. THE FRONT IS USHERING IN
DRIER AIR. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN DIMINISH. A DRY
SOUTHWEST-WEST FLOW IS IN STORE FOR FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

FOR TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.............CLEAR AND BREEZY TO WINDY UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45F
                    HUMIDITY........MAX 25-30%
   20-FT WINDS..........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 MPH GUSTS 30 MPH...
                        SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST BY 2000 AND
                        DIMINISHING TO 5-10 MPH BY 2400.
                        THEN NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT....... ..12,000 FT AGL AT 2000...LOWERING TO
                        3,000 FT BY 2400...1000 FT BY 0300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 UNTIL 2000...THEN NORTHWEST 30
                        MPH...DROPPING TO 10 MPH BY 0200.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE UNTIL 2400...THEN 4 LOW.

OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW
SKY/WEATHER.............CLEAR AND DRY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-85F
                    HUMIDITY........MIN 12-15%
   20-FT WINDS..........NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH...SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST
                        4-8 MPH GUSTS TO 15 MPHIN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT....... ..MAX OF 7000 FT AGL
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

FORECASTER...JOE
.TAG 20100812.CONWA.02/GJT

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REQUESTED BY...JANELL NEUBAUER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE