FNUS75 KGJT 202131
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR STORMVEX - PM...NWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
331 PM MDT WED APR 20 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1430 MDT ON APRIL 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DEEPER MOISTURE AND A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL PASS
OVER THE PARK RANGE TONIGHT...RESULTING IN INCREASED SHOWERS. A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. THEN AFTER
A LULL EARLY THURSDAY...SHOWERS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
AS A STRONGER DISTURBANCE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT APPROACH
FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CLOUD BASES.........2000-3000 FT AGL...LOWERING TO THE LEVEL OF
                    THE RESEARCH SITE IN SNOW SHOWERS AND
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CLOUD BASES.........2000-3000 FT AGL...LOWERING TO THE LEVEL OF
                    THE RESEARCH SITE IN SNOW SHOWERS AND
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-39 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-70%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 18 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 21 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...DUTY FORECASTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110420.STORM.02/GJT