FNUS75 KGJT 161152
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR STORMVEX...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
440 AM MST TUE NOV 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0430 MST ON NOVEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WITHIN STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
WILL PASS OVERHEAD EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN ANOTHER WILL MOVE
THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. DRIER AIR WITHIN
CONTINUED MODERATE NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....22-27 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........71-76%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 18
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 37 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....14-19 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........89-94%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
                    MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AT 5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 27 MPH DECREASING TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....19-24 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........71-76%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLY 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 18 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CHRIS CUOCO
REQUESTED BY...DUTY FORECASTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101116.STORM.01/GJT