FNUS75 KGJT 130346
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG A FIRE...MTC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
946 PM MDT FRI AUG 12 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2022 MDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN
COLORADO TODAY KEEPING DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 5 MPH AND THE OCCASIONAL GUST TO 15 MPH. CONDITIONS
SLOWLY DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EASTWARD
ALLOWING MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH. CLOUDS
WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS
EXPECTED SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND
NEAR THE BURN SITE EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  THESE CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (30-40%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    BY NOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST BY NOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 12 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DAVIDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110812.BIGAF.01/GJT