FNUS75 KGJT 132055
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COSGROVE...GJAC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
255 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1417 MDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE IS SURGING INTO SOUTHEAST UTAH AND
SOUTHWEST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS
MOISTURE WILL REACH THE BURN SITE AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THEN WILL
DEEPEN INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSHOWERS WILL BE LIKELY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SHOWERS. THE
RIDGETOP WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. DAILY TEMPERATURE SPREAD WILL BE LESS THAN PREVIOUS
DAYS DUE TO CLOUDS...SHOWERS...AND MIXING WINDS.

.TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-62 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 2-5 MPH...SHIFTING TO
                    SOUTHEAST 3-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 3-8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 12
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...RANDY JACKS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110813.COSGR.01/GJT