FNUS75 KGJT 071342
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRIMES PILES...DOI - USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
642 AM MST TUE DEC 7 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON DECEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT CLOUDS TO THE AREA WILL BE OVER
THE FRONT RANGE THIS MORNING AS LOW CLOUDS AND DENSE FOG SLOWLY BURN
OFF BY 10 AM.  AS SYSTEM MOVES EAST...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN
CAUSING INVERSIONS TO FORM OVER AND NEAR BURN SITE.  THESE INVERSIONS
WILL KEEP SMOKE DISPERSAL POOR TODAY.  TOMORROW THERE WILL BE SOME
PERIODS IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN SMOKE DISPERSAL BECOMES FAIR ONLY TO
QUICKLY BECOME POOR AGAIN.


.TODAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-54%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (13600-24800 KNOT-FT).

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....12-17 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........93-98%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5800-10200 KNOT-FT).

.WEDNESDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-44 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (10900-41800 KNOT-FT).

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...JOHN ASHCRAFT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101207.GRIME.02/GJT