FNUS75 KGJT 030428
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAVER FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1028 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2144 MDT ON JULY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR
CORNERS. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT ON SUNDAY WILL BECOME LIGHT AND MORE TERRAIN DRIVEN ON
MONDAY. MOISTURE WILL INFEST THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER BEGINNING ON
MONDAY FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING FIRST OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-86 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-18%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN UPSLOPE
                    UNTIL 1200. THEN NORTHWEST 5-10 GUSTS 15-20
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200 THEN GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-85 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN UPSLOPE
                    4-8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (3000-42900 KNOT-FT)
                    EXCEPT EXCELLENT NEAR SHOWERS/STORMS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...PMEDINA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110702.BEAVE.01/GJT