FNUS75 KGJT 240019
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR DOE CANYON...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
619 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1803 MDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL TODAY AND TOMORROW
KEEPING HOT TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS IN PLACE. A
STRAY SHOWER POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THOUGH MOST CONVECTION LOOKS
TO BE FAR TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE BURN SITE. FOR
TOMORROW...EXPECT A REPEAT OF TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN SITE FROM ROUGHLY NOON
ONWARDS. STORMS THAT FORM WILL BE SLOW MOVERS PRODUCING BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN. WINDS WILL ALSO BE VARIABLE AND GUSTY NEAR AND UNDER
ANY STORM THAT FORMS. ONCE THE SUN SETS...MOST STORMS WILL END.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 10PM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD DECREASING TO POOR BY 11PM.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................2.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO FAIR BY NOON.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................4.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT MCDERMID
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110823.DOECA.01/GJT