FNUS75 KGJT 262118
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TRI STATE PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
318 PM MDT TUE OCT 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1425 MDT ON OCTOBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING INTO THE REGION
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL BE MOVING OVERHEAD ON THURSDAY.
EXPECT INCREASINGLY STABLE CONDITIONS WITH STRONG WARMING ALOFT.

.WEDNESDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....31-36 F.
SMOKE DISPERSION....POOR (5400 KT-FT) UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    4200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST NORTHWEST 12 MPH AT 1200 SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50 F.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1300-30434 KNOT-FT).
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...FRANK RICE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101027.TRIST.01/GJT