FNUS75 KGJT 162205
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR STORMVEX_PM...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
305 PM MST TUE NOV 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 MST ON NOVEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT HAD PASSED OVER MT WERNER THIS
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...BEFORE WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS
EVENING. BY LATE TONIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE...AND THEN
WILL CONTINUE TO WIND DOWN ON WEDNESDAY AS DRIER CONDITIONS MOVE
OVER THE REGION.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). SNOW SHOWERS...DIMINISHING
                    SOMEWHAT AFTER MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING
                    SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....13-18 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........93-98%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH
                    DECREASING TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 30 MPH DECREASING TO 10 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE
                    THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....20-25 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........69-74%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH...INCREASING TO 5-10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...DUTY FORECASTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101116.STORM.05/GJT