FNUS75 KGJT 060301
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIMNEY ROCK RX...USFS SAN JUAN NF PAGOSA RD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
901 PM MDT THU MAY 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...WEAK RIDGING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY FOR
CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE BY A
COUPLE DEGREES AS COMPARED TO THURSDAY...RESULTING IN SLIGHTLY
LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THE WESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT
BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN. THEREFORE BY
MID-AFTERNOON...WESTERLY WINDS WILL DOMINATE AT THE SURFACE...WITH
A FEW GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE.

.FRIDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%)...SOME HIGH HIGH CLOUDS
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 1-5 MPH UNTIL 0930...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST. INCREASING TO 3-8 MPH BY
                    1100. AFTER 1400 SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND
                    INCREASING TO 8-12 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                    15-18 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN IMPROVING TO
                    EXCELLENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0930...THEN INCREASING
                    TO 11000 FT AGL DURING THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH INCREASING TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...FUELS TECH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110506.CHIMN.01/GJT