FNUS75 KGJT 061358
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ONE MILE...USFS GUNNISON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
758 AM MDT FRI MAY 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0740 MDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS PASSING THROUGH THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES THIS MORNING. THIS WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED MID-LEVEL CLOUDS
AND AFTERNOON MIXING UP TO ABOUT 18,000 FEET MSL TAPPING INTO WEST
GRADIENT WINDS OF 30 MPH. AS USUAL MIXING WILL COLLAPSE QUICKLY
BEFORE SUNSET. UPPER FLOW BACKS TO SOUTHWEST ON SATURDAY. A FEW
DEGREES OF EXTRA WARMING PRODUCES AFTERNOON MIXING AS HIGH AS
19,000 FEET MSL.

.TODAY BEFORE SUNSET...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-60%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-61 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-16%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST 1-3 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    SOUTHWEST-WEST WINDS 2-5 MPH INCREASING TO 10-18
                    MPH BY 1200 WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS 30-35 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000 THEN FAIR. BECOMING GOOD BY 1200
                    INCREASING TO EXCELLENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 3000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000 INCREASING TO
                    9500 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 MPH INCREASING TO 35 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (MAX 20,000 KNOT-FT).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-63 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST 1-5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 7-12 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. ISOLATED AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900 INCREASING TO EXCELLENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 3000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900 INCREASING TO
                    10500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 MPH...SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...J  CHONKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110506.ONEMI.01/GJT