FNUS75 KGJT 280436
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOS PINOS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1036 PM MDT WED APR 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON APRIL 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER WEST-CENTRAL COLORADO WILL
LEAD TO THE COLD...CLEAR START TO THURSDAY. THIS HIGH PRESSURE
CENTER WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND SAG SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY
AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. THIS SHOULD HELP
BRING WINDS MORE TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST...WITH WEAK INSTABILITY
IN THE AFTERNOON ALSO HELPING TO MIX DOWN MORE SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON.
A STRONGER SYSTEM DROPPING OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL PUSH
A FRONT TOWARD NORTHWEST COLORADO BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GRADIENT
SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO WILL TIGHTEN AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AND
WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AS A RESULT. INCREASED INSTABILITY
WILL AGAIN HELP BRING DOWN SOME STRONGER WIND GUSTS AS WELL AS
LEAD TO AFTERNOON SHOWERS DEVELOPING.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 55 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 TO 8 MPH THROUGH LATE
                    MORNING...THEN BECOMING WEST-SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING
                    TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS UP TO
                    25 MPH IS POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING VERY GOOD BY LATE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 22 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-58%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE
                    EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....DECREASING TO POOR AROUND SUNSET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 36 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY...THEN INCREASING CLOUDINESS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54 TO 59 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD BY LATE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 44 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...RYAN HUGHES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110428.LOSPI.01/GJT