FNUS75 KGJT 050634 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAVER CREEK...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1234 AM MDT TUE JUL 5 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2307 MDT ON JULY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE ANCHORED IN THE VICINITY OF THE FOUR CORNERS THIS WEEK. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GRADIENT WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE WEST...BUT LATE DAY CONVECTION WILL PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE MODIFIED DOWNWARD DUE TO CLOUDS AND SHOWERS. LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE BUT NOT PROBABLE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-86 F. MIN HUMIDITY........19-24%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 2-5 MPH UNTIL 0900. THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 3-8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000 INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (GREATER THAN 0.10 INCH)...15 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THEN AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 F. MIN HUMIDITY........21-26%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 2-5 MPH UNTIL 0900. THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 3-8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (GREATER THAN 0.10 INCH)...30 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY REQUESTED BY...PMEDINA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110704.BEAVE.02/GJT