FNUS75 KGJT 092245
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SALLYS HOLLOW...USFS - MIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
445 PM MDT TUE AUG 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1523 MDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE DRY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST...WITH
LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDWEEK. DEEP MIXING WILL ALLOW
SOME BREEZINESS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 20
MPH POSSIBLE. ON WEDNESDAY THE FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO BE
LESS...SO SURFACE WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHTER. LOOK FOR POOR RH
RECOVER OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH A THERMAL BELT
AGAIN DEVELOPING AT THE BURN SITE.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........25-30%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8-13 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH POSSIBLE UNTIL 1930...THEN DECREASING
                    AND BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH
                    BY SUNSET.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-84 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE. AFTER 1200 BECOMING UPSLOPE/
                    UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH. BY 1500 SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH
                    WITH A FEW STRONGER GUSTS.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........25-30%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.



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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...MOAB FIRE CENTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110809.SALLY.01/GJT