FNUS75 KGJT 172155
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR STORMVEX - PM...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
255 PM MST FRI DEC 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1430 MST ON DECEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST THIS
EVENING WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY BY LATE EVENING. IN
ADDITION...THE INITIALLY HIGH CLOUDS WILL THICKEN AND LOWER WITH
BASES DROPPING TO MOUNTAIN-TOP LEVEL BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS
WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING THEN INCREASE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. PERIODS...CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL ENGULF THE
STORMVEX SITE THROUGH SATURDAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS THIS EVENING WITH SKIES
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) BY MIDNIGHT.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SHOWERS INCREASING AND BECOMING LIKELY BY
                    SUNRISE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....10-15 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....22-27 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........71-76%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO 13 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 23 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...DUTY FORECASTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101217.STORM.02/GJT