FNUS75 KGJT 090133
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR DISAPPOINTMENT...SJNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
733 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1908 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNDER A WEST FLOW
ALOFT. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY WITH TYPICAL
TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS...EXCEPT FOR A PERIOD LATE IN THE DAY AS SOME
GUSTINESS DEVELOPS...ESPECIALLY OVER RIDGES. STRONG SURFACE
INVERSIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY
NIGHT WITH THERMAL BELTS ON MID-SLOPES.


.TUESDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE...AND BECOMING UPSLOPE/
                    UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH BY NOON. AFTER 1400 SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS
                    15-20 MPH POSSIBLE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN INCREASING TO VERY GOOD
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING TO
                    9500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...ANN MCDONALD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110808.DISAP.01/GJT