FNUS75 KGJT 090253 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR ALMA TAYLOR...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 753 PM MST MON NOV 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON NOVEMBER 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MUCH COLDER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND AND WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT PASSED THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT. MORNING SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH CLEARING CONDITIONS ARRIVING TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG INVERSIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT ANOTHER STORM PUSHING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WILL HELP TO BREAK THESE INVERSIONS AS SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... 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 UNTIL 1200...THEN WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST 4-8 MPH. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL BY 1200. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH. .TONIGHT... CLEARING INDEX......DECREASING TO 100 BY 2100. .WEDNESDAY... CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 600 BY 1300. $$ FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON REQUESTED BY...CONNOR GARDAI TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101109.ALMAT.01/GJT