FNUS75 KGJT 091516
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR PACK CREEK HANDPILE RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
816 AM MST TUE NOV 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST ON NOVEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE COLD FRONT PASSED OVERNIGHT. MUCH COLDER
CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK (AND
MOST LIKELY THE REST OF 2010!). TEMPERATURES WILL BE STEADY OR EVEN
FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON
THROUGH THE DAY...WITH CLEARING CONDITIONS ARRIVING TONIGHT.
STRONG INVERSIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT ANOTHER
STORM PUSHING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WILL HELP TO BREAK THESE
INVERSIONS AS SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. PARTIAL CLEARING WITH SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....31-33 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-75%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 8-12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING.
CLEARING INDEX......1000+ IN SHOWERS...DIMINISHING TO 750 THIS
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR WITH CLOUDS INCREASING TOWARDS
                    MORNING. PATCHY FOG TOWARDS MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....17-22 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNVALLEY/SOUTHEAST 1-5 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......100 OR LESS.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS LATE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-36 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........57-62%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 1-5 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 500 BY NOON.
                    AFTERNOON MAX AROUND 750.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...MOAB DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101109.PACKC.01/GJT