FNUS75 KGJT 161039
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR STORMVEX - AM...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
439 AM MDT SAT APR 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0429 MDT ON APRIL 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL BE STREAMING BACK INTO THE REGION TODAY WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE PASSES THROUGH. THE SHOWERS DIMINISH
THIS EVENING...BUT WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AS ANOTHER
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLOUD BASES.........4000 FT AGL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-38 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-54%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 2-5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST
                    6-12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 23 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS.
CLOUD BASES.........4000 FT AGL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-29 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-88%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 6-12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING AND DECREASING
                    TO 2-5 MPH...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLOUD BASES.........LOWERING TO 500 FT AGL BY NOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-39 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........64-69%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 2-5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST
                    6-12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 26 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON
REQUESTED BY...DUTY FORECASTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110416.STORM.01/GJT