FNUS75 KGJT 160331
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MARBLE CANYON...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
931 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2053 MDT ON JULY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MID-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ON
SATURDAY AS OUR SHORT-LIVED DRY SPELL GRADUALLY GIVES WAY TO THE
NEXT ROUND OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE. HOWEVER THIS NEXT MOISTURE
SURGE WILL BECOME BETTER ESTABLISHED EARLY IN THE NEW WEEK. AN
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY DEVELOP OVER THE NEARBY HIGHER TERRAIN
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS FROM ANY CONVECTION
THAT DOES DEVELOP MAY REACH THE FIRE SITE.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........28-33%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNVALLEY/DOWNSLOPE 0-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNVALLEY/DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1030...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 8-12 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. A FEW
                    STRONGER GUSTS POSSIBLE.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH INCREASING TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...DUCKIE DRAKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110715.MARBL.01/GJT