FNUS75 KGJT 020658
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAVER...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1258 AM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 2325 MDT ON JULY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION TODAY AND THEN STRENGTHEN ON SUNDAY. AS A
RESULT...LOOK FOR WARM AND GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS. HOWEVER A
THUNDERSTORM MAY FIRE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH JUST A LITTLE BETTER
CHANCE ON SUNDAY AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO CREEP UNDER THE RIDGE.
SURFACE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE TERRAIN DRIVEN DUE TO THE LIGHT
FLOW ALOFT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (40-50%). AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR
                    THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST 5-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING TO VERY
                    GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0930...THEN INCREASING TO
                    12200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST 5-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0930...THEN INCREASING TO
                    14000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST 6 MPH...AND NORTHWEST 10 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...PMEDINA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110701.BEAVE.01/GJT