FNUS75 KGJT 091502
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRIAN STEVENS...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
802 AM MST THU DEC 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0740 MST ON DECEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL BE MOVING OVER COLORADO TODAY
CAUSING CLOUD COVER TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AN INVERSION
IS IN PLACE THIS MORNING AND TEMPERATURES WILL NOT GET WARM
ENOUGH TO BREAK IT. THIS WILL KEEP SMOKE DISPERSAL AT POOR FOR
THE ENTIRE DAY. ONE OF THESE WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL CAUSE SOME
LIGHT SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT WHILE AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TOMORROW
SHOULD MIX UP THE ATMOSPHERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SMOKE DISPERSAL TO
BECOME AT LEAST FAIR.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 12
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1300-39000 KNOT-FT).
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....14-19 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (12100-19900 KNOT-FT).

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN STEVENS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101209.BRIAN.02/GJT