FNUS75 KGJT 090242
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAVER CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
842 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2016 MDT ON JULY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOIST FLOW CONTINUES TO BE DIRECTED INTO WESTERN COLORADO AROUND THE
PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL CONTINUE
TO LEAD TO AT LEAST SCATTERED EVENING AND LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS
IN TH VICINITY OF THE FIRE. THERE IS A FAIRLY STRONG LING OF STORMS
MOVING TOWARD THE FIRE THIS EVENING AND THERE IS SOME CHANCE OF
WETTING RAINFALL. UNFORTUNATELY THIS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS...AND ADDITIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH
THIS MOIST FLOW IN PLACE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 48 F BY SUNRISE.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77% BY SUNRISE.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH EARLY MORNING
                    THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH THROUGH SUNRISE.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
LAL.................5...THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN 2.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 MPH OR
                    LESS AFTER  MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 75 F BY MID AFTERNOON.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35% BY MID AFTERNOON.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2 IN THE MORNING THEN 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 22 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...PMEDINA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110708.BEAVE.01/GJT