FNUS75 KGJT 020143
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR VANCAMPEN RX BURN...EAGLE FIRE DISTRICT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
743 PM MDT FRI APR 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON APRIL 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND PUSH
ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO ON SUNDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM...GUSTY
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING...ALONG WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES. CLOUDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE
AFTERNOON...WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND
CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) UNTIL NOON...THEN
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-66 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-24%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 0-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...
                    THEN SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 8-14 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH BY 1400.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (LESS THAN 20000 KNOT-FT) UNTIL 1000...
                    THEN BECOMING EXCELLENT BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN RISING TO
                    8200 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 19 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING
                    TO 32 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-62%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-48 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........41-46%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8-14 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST AFTER 1400. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (30000 KNOT-FT) UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    INCREASING TO EXCELLENT BY 1100.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN INCREASING TO
                    7500 FT AGL BY 1200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 34 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON
REQUESTED BY...CAPT BRAD JONES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110402.VANCA.01/GJT