FNUS75 KGJT 081510 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR FREEZEWALL PILES...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 810 AM MST MON NOV 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 MST ON NOVEMBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AT 8 AM THE COLD FRONT WAS IN NORTHWEST UTAH PRODUCING SNOW IN ELY AND RAIN IN SALT LAKE CITY. STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF THIS FRONT IS ALREADY MIXING DOWN TO THE BURN SITE. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE COLD FRONT PASSING 1-3 AM TONIGHT. LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY BUT ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT WITH THE FRONT. SHOWERS CONTINUE TUESDAY IN COLD ADVECTION AND NORTHWEST FLOW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED LIGHTED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 12-18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND ISOLATED AFTERNOON GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 35 MPH. .TONIGHT... SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT IN SHOWERS...LOWERING TO FAIR TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS SHOWERS AND MIXING DIMINISH. $$ FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY REQUESTED BY...GARNER HARRIS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101108.FREEZ.01/GJT