FNUS75 KGJT 201059
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SALLYS HOLLOW...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
459 AM MDT SAT AUG 20 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1918 MDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MONSOON MOISTURE WILL INCREASE TODAY...MAINLY AFTER
ABOUT 1600...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-41%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1030...THEN
                    BECOMING...WEST AT 4-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......50 INCREASING TO 1000.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH
                    SHIFTING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH AFTER 2100.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING.
CLEARING INDEX......250 DECREASING TO 50 IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1030...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......50 INCREASING TO 1050.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8300 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...CHRIS CUOCO
REQUESTED BY...MARK ATWOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110819.SALLY.02/GJT