FNUS75 KGJT 061408
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOS PINOS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
808 AM MDT WED APR 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON APRIL 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SWEEPING ACROSS THE GREAT
BASIN TODAY WILL BRING INCREASED CLOUDS...COOLER TEMPERATURES...
BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS...AND A CHANCE FOR RAIN DEVELOPING DURING
THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS BECOME LIKELY THIS EVENING WITH SNOW
LEVELS LOWERING TO THE FIRE SITE DURING THE EVENING. SNOW WILL
DIMINISH EARLY THURSDAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS LINGERING INTO
THE AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) THEN BECOMING CLOUDY
                    (80-90%). SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST- SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO
                    12-18 MPH WITH GUSTS 25-35 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD...IMPROVING TO
                    EXCELLENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 30 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SNOW LIKELY EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN DECREASING. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 8-12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...PMEDINA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110406.LOSPI.01/GJT