FNUS75 KGJT 222000
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST CREEK SEARCH...PITKIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
200 PM MDT SUN AUG 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1341 MDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE OVERSPREADING THE SEARCH SITE THIS
AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF AN UPPER DISTURBANCE THAT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT. SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
ACROSS MESA AND DELTA COUNTY AT 1400 MDT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH EVENING AS THEY SPREAD
EAST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE TODAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS UNTIL
                    1600...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......VALLEY BOTTOM...SOUTH 5-10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
                    MID AND UPPER SLOPES...SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH AFTER 2100.
                    MID AND UPPER SLOPES...SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 MPH BECOMING DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH BY
                    MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...PITKIN DEPUTY NOVAK 57
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20100822.EASTC.01/GJT