FNUS75 KGJT 100145
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TRI-STATE PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
645 PM MST TUE NOV 9 2010

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

.DISCUSSION...AS ONE STORM EXITS TO THE EAST...ANOTHER WILL QUICKLY
MOVE IN BEHIND IT ARRIVING LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL
BE SLOWER MOVING RESULTING IN UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY. MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR ENHANCED
MIXING ON WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH STRONGER INVERSIONS SET UP WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WHICH WILL BE SLOW TO ERODE...RESULTING IN LESS FAVORABLE
MIXING ON THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....26-32 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........51-56%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 0-5 MPH UNTIL 1030...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-12 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH BY 1300.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (15000 KNOT-FT) UNTIL 1030...THEN BECOMING
                    VERY GOOD BY 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1030...THEN INCREASING TO
                    6500 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 19 MPH.

.VETERANS DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....25-30 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........77-82%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 0-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    NORTHWEST WINDS 2-6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (LESS THAN 10000 KNOT-FT) UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING FAIR (48600 KNOT-FT) BY 1300. EXCEPT
                    EXCELLENT IN AND NEAR SHOWERS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING TO
                    5400 FT AGL BY 1300.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON
REQUESTED BY...FRANK RICE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101110.TRIST.02/GJT