FNUS75 KGJT 100225
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SINBAD...USFS - MIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
825 PM MDT TUE AUG 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2007 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. ON WEDNESDAY THE FLOW
ALOFT WILL WEAKEN...SO SURFACE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE TERRAIN
DRIVEN. HOWEVER LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DEEP MIXING COULD BRING SOME
WESTERLY WINDS TO THE SURFACE. 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.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE. AFTER 1200 BECOMING UPSLOPE/
                    UPVALLEY 3-8 MPH. AT TIMES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
                    WEST WINDS 5-10 MPH WITH A FEW STRONGER GUSTS
                    WILL MIX TO THE SURFACE.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........28-33%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.



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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...SINBAD IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110809.SINBA.01/GJT