FNUS75 KGJT 210128
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRACKER...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
728 PM MDT WED JUL 20 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1913 MDT ON JULY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE DEEP MONSOONAL PLUME OF MOISTURE WILL BE SHIFTING
EAST INTO THE PLAINS AS HIGH PRESSURE BREAKS DOWN OVER THE AREA.
THIS WILL RESULT IN DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW STARTING THURSDAY AND
PERSISTING INTO THE WEEKEND. THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH LINGERING
MOISTURE TO FIRE OFF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON...MAINLY
OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS NORTH OF THE BURN SITE.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...MAINLY NORTH OF THE
                    BURN SITE OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-57%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 4-8 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN WINDS
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER THE
                    HIGHER MOUNTAINS NORTH OF THE BURN SITE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING 5-10 MPH BY 1400.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON
REQUESTED BY...LOREN WICKSTROM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110720.CRACK.01/GJT