FNUS75 KGJT 101535
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ALMA TAYLOR...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
835 AM MST WED NOV 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON NOVEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WAS DROPPING INTO THE GREAT
BASIN THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE BURN AREA ON
THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE TODAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW TODAY WILL SHIFT TO A NORTHERLY
DIRECTION BY THURSDAY AS THE CENTER OF THE LOW MOVES SOUTH OF THE
BURN AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING NUMEROUS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-32 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........54-59%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE 0-3 MPH UNTIL 1000 THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTH 5-10 MPH BY 1300. A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND
                    20 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......520...HIGHER IN SNOW SHOWERS.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2000 FT AGL AT 1100 INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH AFTER 1100 BECOMING SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHEAST AFTER 1600.

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....10-15 F.
CLEARING INDEX......100-150.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-33 F.
CLEARING INDEX......430.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...CONNOR GARDAI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101110.ALMAT.01/GJT