FNUS75 KGJT 271344
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH ROUTT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
744 AM MDT WED OCT 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON OCTOBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING WILL END BY NOON AS THE LAST
WEAK DISTURBANCE PASS IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. OTHERWISE CLOUDS
WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS GUSTY AT
TIMES. THE SURFACE-BASED INVERSION WILL SET UP QUICKLY BEFORE SUNSET
AND BECOME VERY STRONG. UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...TONIGHT
WILL BE THE COLDEST NIGHT OF A COLD WEEK. THEN AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS
IN FROM THE WEST THURSDAY FOR A DRY WARMING TREND CREATING POOR
MIXING. INCREASING SOUTHWEST GRADIENT WINDS SATURDAY BRINGS BETTER
MIXING ALONG WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING...POSSIBLE FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON.
                    PARTLY CLOUDY LATE AFTERNOON.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD EXCEPT EXCELLENT IN SHOWERS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1000 KNOT-FT).
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNVALLEY (NORTHWEST) 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...MARK CAHUR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101027.NORTH.01/GJT