FNUS75 KGJT 160945
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ANIMAS NOUNTAIN UNIT 2...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
245 AM MST THU DEC 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON DECEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE WEAK COLD FRONT REMAINS IN THE VICINITY OF THE
BURN SITE TODAY BRINGING NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS. LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...TURNING TO RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS ARE LIGHT AND MIXING HEIGHTS ARE NOT
HIGH...BUT PRECIPITATION BRINGS GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....31-36 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........70-75%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 1-5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT IN SHOWERS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.


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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...HON SCHLAPFER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101216.ANIMA.01/GJT