FNUS75 KGJT 241510
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TINCUP NORTH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
810 AM MST WED NOV 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0755 MST ON NOVEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS AND COLD TEMPERATURES TO
THE AREA TODAY. SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE AREA
EARLY THIS MORNING AND BRING GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS SHIFTING THE
WINDS FROM SOUTHWEST TO WEST. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS AT TIMES LATE
THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT RETURNING BACK TO
WESTERLY. SKIES WILL CLEAR TONIGHT INTO THANKSGIVING. WINDS WILL
DECREASE ON THURSDAY.


.TODAY...

20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    OF 55 TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD LATER THIS MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 42 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH
                    BECOMING 7 TO 12 MPH OVERNIGHT.
                    GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DECREASING TO 25 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD BECOMING GOOD AFTER MIDNIGHT AND FAIR
                    BY MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 34 MPH.

.THANKSGIVING DAY...

20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH BECOMING 9 TO 14 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR BECOMING GOOD BY LATE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 28 MPH.

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FORECASTER...AS
REQUESTED BY...ARTHUR HAINES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101124.TINCU.01/GJT