FNUS75 KGJT 131424
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR OURAY FWS RX...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
824 AM MDT WED APR 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL BE INCREASING AHEAD OF THE NEXT
PACIFIC DISTURBANCE MOVING TOWARD THE 4 CORNERS AREA. THIS MOISTURE
MAY BE ENOUGH TO SPARK SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS
INSTABILITY INCREASES THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE
SOUTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
MOVING INTO WESTERN UTAH. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN UTAH
OVERNIGHT INCREASING THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION WITH SOME SNOW
MIXING IN WITH THE RAINFALL DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY BY LATE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING
                    25 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3000-11100 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (67300 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......50 INCREASING TO 650.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS GAMBLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110413.OURAY.02/GJT