FNUS75 KGJT 130118
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ECHO LAKE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
718 PM MDT THU AUG 12 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...DRY FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT...

DISCUSSION...AT 1900 THE COLD FRONT WAS DRAPED FROM CRAIG TO
SOUTHWEST UTAH. VERY DRY AIR IS WORKING IN AHEAD OF THIS FRONT.
DEWPOINTS AT CANYONLANDS AIRPORT HAVE DROPPED FROM LOW 50S THIS
MORNING TO 9 AT 1700. DEWPOINTS AT THE GRAND JUNCTION HAVE DROPPED TO
26. THIS DRY AIR IS WORKING OVER THE FIRE SITE NOW. THE COOL FRONT
WILL PASS AT 2200 HOURS +/- 1 HOUR. WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AGAIN WITH THE
FRONT...BUT WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY BY MIDNIHGT. A DRY SOUTHWEST-WEST
FLOW IS IN STORE FOR FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

FOR TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.............CLEAR. BREEZES POSSIBLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51F
                    HUMIDITY........MAX 38-43%
   20-FT WINDS..........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-12 MPH GUSTS 30 MPH...
                        SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST BY 2200 AND
                        DIMINISHING TO DOWNSLOPE 3-5 MPH BY 0100.
MIXING HEIGHT....... ..8,000 FT AGL AT 2100...LOWERING TO
                        3,000 FT BY 2400...1000 FT BY 0200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 UNTIL 2200...THEN NORTHWEST 15
                        MPH UNTIL 0100...THEN DOWN VALLEY 2-5 MPH
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL...................1.

OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW
SKY/WEATHER.............CLEAR AND DRY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-87F
                    HUMIDITY........MIN 9-13%
   20-FT WINDS..........DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH...SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST
                        4-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED AFTERNOON
                        GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT....... ..MAX OF 8000 FT AGL
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL...................1.

FORECASTER...JOE
.TAG 20100812.ECHOL.04/GJT

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REQUESTED BY...RANDY JACKS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE