FNUS75 KGJT 090234
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TRI-STATE PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
734 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 INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP TO ERODE THESE
INVERSIONS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...RESULTING IN GOOD MIXING BY
EARLY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY (TUESDAY)...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD...EXCEPT EXCELLENT NEAR SHOWERS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL BY 1200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 19 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (LESS THAN 15000 KNOT-FT) UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    INCREASING TO GOOD BY 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING TO
                    4500 FT AGL BY 1300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 23 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON
REQUESTED BY...FRANK RICE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101109.TRIST.01/GJT