FNUS75 KGJT 161430
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLANDING PILES...STATE OF UTAH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
730 AM MST WED FEB 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 MST ON FEBRUARY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY. DURING THE EVENING...THE SURFACE WINDS WILL DECOUPLE
FROM THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT AS NIGHTTIME COOLING TAKES PLACE.
HOWEVER OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT
AS A CHANCE OF RAIN DEVELOPS. WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER WINDS MIX TO THE SURFACE AND SHOWERS BECOME
LIKELY.

.TONIGHT...

CLEARING INDEX......850 UNTIL AROUND 1900...THEN DECREASING TO 50.
                    BETTER MIXING NEAR SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 29 MPH DECREASING TO 13 MPH AFTER 1900.

.THURSDAY...

CLEARING INDEX......120 INCREASING TO 1050.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6600 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 MPH INCREASING TO 33 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...BEN HUNTSMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110217.BLAND.01/GJT