FNUS75 KGJT 290421
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN ROAD...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1021 PM MDT SAT AUG 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1820 MDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO
BURN SITE TODAY AND TOMORROW.  IN ADDITION...AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.  ANY STORMS OR SHOWERS
THAT FORM NEAR BURN SITE WILL INCREASE ALREADY BRISK WINDS.  COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SO
ANOTHER DAY OF STORMS...SHOWERS...AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (70-80%).  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
                    14 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH
                    DECREASING TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT DECREASING TO POOR IN THE LATE
                    EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 16 MPH GUSTING TO 22 MPH GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...MONTROSE INTERAGENCY FIRE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100828.BUCKH.01/GJT