FNUS75 KGJT 241448
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR HATCHER PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
748 AM MST WED NOV 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MST ON NOVEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND COLD TEMPERATURES
TO THE AREA TODAY. SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THORUHG THE FIRE
AREA THIS MORNING AND BRING GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS SHIFTING TO
THE WEST AND AT TIMES NORTHWEST DURING THE LATE MORNIGN AND EARLY
AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL CLEAR TONIGHT INTO THANKSGIVING. WINDS WILL
DECREASE ON THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....24-29 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........57-62%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 18 TO 22 MPH CHANGING TO
                    THE WEST LATER THIS MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 50
                    MPH INCREASING TO 55 TO 60 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....6 BELOW-1 BELOW F.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...AS
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT WAGNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101124.HATCH.01/GJT