FNUS75 KGJT 081704 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR SAR MISSIOM...MCSO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1104 AM MDT FRI JUL 8 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1044 MDT ON JULY 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. DAYTIME HEATING AND SMALL DISTURBANCES WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...BEING MOST NUMEROUS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-66 F. 20-FOOT WINDS.......OVER RIDGETOPS...SOUTHWEST 9-14 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-54 F. 20-FOOT WINDS.......OVER RIDGETOPS...NORTHWEST 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 MPH AFTER 2100...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64 F. 20-FOOT WINDS.......OVER RIDGETOPS...WEST 5-10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. $$ FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS REQUESTED BY...RILEY TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20110708.SARMI.01/GJT