FNUS75 KGJT 171021
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND MTN PILES...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
321 AM MST WED NOV 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON NOVEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WINDS ALOFT WILL SWITCH FROM NORTHWEST THIS MORNING
TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LATEST STORM MOVES
INTO THE PLAINS. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH LOW-LEVEL INSTABILITY AND TRANSPORT
WINDS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF FAIR SMOKE DISPERSION THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
IN GENERAL SUBSIDENCE AND STABILITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGHOUT
TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) WITH ISOLATED SNOW
                    SHOWERS UNTIL 1100...THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....26-31 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING
                    TO 10-12 MPH AFTER 1200.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (174000 KNOT-FT). A PERIOD OF FAIR BETWEEN
                    1300 AND 1500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL AT 1100 INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 MPH AT 1100 INCREASING TO 18 MPH AFTER 1300.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT BRINGUEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101117.SANDM.01/GJT