FNUS75 KGJT 130317
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOS PINOS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
917 PM MDT TUE APR 12 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WITH ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN
INCREASED INSTABILITY DURING THE AFTERNOON...FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF A FEW SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY. IN ADDITION SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS
WILL INCREASE IN THE EVENING...WITH RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW.
THE FRONT AND UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL PASS AROUND SUNRISE ON
THURSDAY WITH A STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPING.

.WEDNESDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE UNTIL 1100...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS AND INCREASING TO 5-10 MPH BY
                    NOON WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. AFTER 1400
                    INCREASING TO 8-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN IMPROVING TO EXCELLENT
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 MPH INCREASING TO 23 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. WEST WINDS 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    40 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...PMEDINA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110413.LOSPI.01/GJT