FNUS75 KGJT 231810
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAS COLNIAS...GRAND JUNCTION FIRE DEPT.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1210 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON MAY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE MAIN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL PASS OVER WESTERN
COLORADO ON TUESDAY KEEPING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AROUND. DRAINAGE
WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL IN THE MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING TO THE SOUTH
TO SOUTHWEST. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AS
COMPARED TO TODAY.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    1300.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-66 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST BY 1200 AND INCREASING TO 8-12 MPH BY
                    1400. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR INCREASING TO VERY
                    GOOD (117200 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL AT 0900 INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL AT
                    1200  AND 10500 FT AGL BY 1500.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 10 MPH BY 1300.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...FF JOSH EVANS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110524.LASCO.01/GJT