FNUS75 KGJT 101500
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND MTN PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
800 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...
A PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY WHICH WILL INCREASE
SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE. A STRONG SURFACE INVERSION
THIS MORNING WILL BURN OFF ABOUT 11 AM...ALLOWING VERTICAL MIXING
AND SMOKE DISPERSAL TO IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 12
                    MPH AFTER 11 AM WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (25000 KNOT-FT) UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR.
                    INCREASING TO GOOD BY 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN AFTER INVERSION
                    BREAKS INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL BY 1500.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CHRIS CUOCO
REQUESTED BY...LEE NELSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101110.SANDM.01/GJT