FNUS75 KGJT 100025
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAVER CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
625 PM MDT SAT JUL 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1758 MDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STATIC OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH
MOIST UNSTABLE FLOW CONTINUING TO BE DIRECTED OUT THE SOUTHWEST STATES
INTO WESTERN COLORADO. AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
RE-DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST OF THE FIRE THIS EVENING...LEAVING A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WINDS MAY GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AS
THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS PASS AND THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF WETTING
RAINS HITTING THE FIRE SITE. OVERNIGHT INTO MID MORNING LOOKS FAIRLY
TRANQUIL WITH THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS
THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN COLORADO BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS UNDER
THIS SUB TROPICAL HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAIRLY LIGHT AT 10 MPH OR
LESS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ARE NOT PRESENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 45 F BY SUNRISE.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 TO 70 % THROUGH THE MID TO LATE EVENING.
                    85-90% BY SUNRISE.
20-FOOT WINDS.......RIDGE-TOP WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT AND
                    VARIABLE OVERNIGHT...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 5
                    TO 10 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................4 THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN 2.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

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 3 PM MDT.
MIN HUMIDITY........NEAR 35% BY 3 PM MDT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE WINDS NEAR 5 MPH...BECOMING WEST AT
                    5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2 THROUGH NOON THEN INCREASING TO 4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...PMEDINA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110709.BEAVE.01/GJT