FNUS75 KGJT 042042 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR STORMVEX - PM...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 242 PM MDT MON APR 4 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1429 MDT ON APRIL 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...OROGRAPHIC ENHANCED CLOUDS AND SNOWFALL CONTINUED FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING BEFORE THE CLOUDS FINALLY LIFTED THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST TOMORROW ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE TOMORROW. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND MOST OF TOMORROW BEFORE ANOTHER APPROACHING COLD FRONT BRINGS IN MORE UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS. NO CEILINGS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....19-24 F. MAX HUMIDITY........78-83%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 14 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-38 F. MIN HUMIDITY........49-54%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 39 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK REQUESTED BY...DUTY FORECASTER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110404.STORM.02/GJT