FNUS75 KGJT 030356
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR RYMAN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
956 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2104 MDT ON APRIL 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD
FRONT WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. THE COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BETWEEN 1500 AND 1800 MDT THIS AFTERNOON. OUT
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL...WITH
WINDS SHIFTING AROUND TO THE WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST SHORTLY
AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL
SHORTLY BEFORE FRONTAL PASSAGE...WHEN SCATTERED SHOWERS BREAK OUT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    DEVELOPING AFTER 1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-61 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-6 MPH UNTIL 0900...
                    THEN SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-8 MPH...INCREASING
                    TO 15-20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    35 MPH. WINDS WILL BE SWITCHING AROUND TO
                    THE WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST BETWEEN 1500
                    AND 1800 MDT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    UNTIL 2000...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30%)
                    BY 2400.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....15-20 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........64-69%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 10-15 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30%) UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    NORTHWEST WINDS 6-12 MPH BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.

$$
FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON
REQUESTED BY...BRAD PIETRUSZKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110402.RYMAN.02/GJT