FNUS75 KGJT 191745
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDHORSE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1145 AM MDT FRI AUG 19 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1121 MDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MONSOONAL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED OVER THE REGION...AS A RESULT THERE
WILL BE AN INCREASE IN SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...WETTING RAIN
IS ALSO LIKELY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING
                    ...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-86 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    7-12 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (40-50%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN
REQUESTED BY...DURANGO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110819.WILDH.01/GJT