FNUS75 KGJT 290441 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR LOS PINOS...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1041 PM MDT THU APR 28 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON APRIL 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST COLORADO WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS. THIS GRADIENT WILL BE IN PLACE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST COLORADO THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON PERIOD. THIS FRONT LOOKS TO ARRIVE TO THE BURN AREA BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS TURNING WINDS MORE WESTERLY THEN NORTHWEST. SOME STRONGER GUSTS MAY ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH SHOWERS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AS WELL. NOT AS MUCH MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM BUT THERE WILL BE SOME COLDER AIR IN PLACE...AND SNOW TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES LOOKS POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH INCREASING CLOUDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59 F. MIN HUMIDITY........22-27%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AT 3-8 MPH THROUGH 1000 THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH AROUND IGNITION TIME...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTS OVER 30 MPH POSSIBLE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR THROUGH 1000 INCREASING TO EXCELLENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 35 MPH INCREASING TO 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-38 F. MIN HUMIDITY........29-34%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 12 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 29 MPH DECREASING TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS REQUESTED BY...PMEDINA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110429.LOSPI.01/GJT