FNUS75 KGJT 080358 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR ALMA TAYLOR PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 858 PM MST SUN NOV 7 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON NOVEMBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A STRONG AND FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. OUT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP. BY MONDAY NIGHT...AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH...BRINGING COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH RAIN SHOWERS TURNING OVER TO SNOW...ALONG WITH SHIFTING WINDS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM MOVES EAST OUT OF THE REGION. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43 F. MIN HUMIDITY........57-62%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8-14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CLEARING INDEX......500...INCREASING TO 1000+ BY 1100. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL BY 1100. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 35 MPH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-37 F. MIN HUMIDITY........42-47%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 8-14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CLEARING INDEX......400 UNTIL 0900...THEN INCREASING TO 1000+ BY 1100. $$ FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON REQUESTED BY...CONNOR GARDAI TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101108.ALMAT.01/GJT