FNUS75 KGJT 172204 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR STORMVEX - PM...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 304 PM MST WED NOV 17 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1430 MST ON NOVEMBER 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONAL HIGH CLOUDS...QUIET WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK AS A FLAT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE REGION. FOR SPECIFICS: LOW CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING OVER THE NORTHERN DIVIDE... AS HIGH CLOUDS GRADUALLY THICKEN BY MIDNIGHT. THEN ON THURSDAY... AT TIMES THIN HIGH CLOUDS WILL STREAM OVER THE PROJECT SITE. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%). A FEW LOW CLOUDS EARLY EVENING...OTHERWISE HIGH CLOUDS THICKEST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM MDT (50-60%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....10-15 F. MAX HUMIDITY........85-90%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8-12 MPH SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40% MAINLY THIN HIGH CLOUDS). MAX TEMPERATURE.....29-34 F. MIN HUMIDITY........46-51%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN REQUESTED BY...DUTY FORECASTER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101117.STORM.02/GJT