FNUS75 KGJT 232154
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR STORMVEX - PM...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
254 PM MST SUN JAN 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1430 MST ON JANUARY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOSTLY HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ARE MOVING OVER STORMVEX
AT THE MOMENT AS NEXT WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE HAS STARTED
DROPPING DOWN FROM MONTANA. EXPECT CLOUDS TO BE ON THE INCREASE
TONIGHT AND THICKEN AND DROP AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES WITH
SNOWFALL EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...MOST OF THE
SNOW WILL HAVE ENDED WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED
THOUGH SOME OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE TO CONTINUE THRU
EARLY MONDAY NIGHT. EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS BY LATE
EVENING WITH CLOUD BASES REACHING VALLEY FLOORS SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND FLUCTUATING TO MOUNTAIN TOPS WHEN SNOWFALL SLACKENS
UP. CLOUD TOPS WILL BE AROUND 20K FT MSL.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....20-25 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-54%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 24 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....8-13 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 24 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    SUNNY (10-20%). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....18-23 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........56-61%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...DUTY FORECASTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110122.STORM.02/GJT