FNUS75 KGJT 241726
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR USA PRO CHALLENGE...PITKIN COUNTY SHERIFF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1126 AM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1104 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AS THE RACE MOVES WEST ACROSS INDEPENDENCE PASS AND BACK INTO PITKIN
COUNTY BY MID AFTERNOON...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE RACE ROUTE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE
STORMS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE ABOVE 10000 FEET.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MIKE MEYERS
REQUESTED BY...SGT MIKE TRACEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110824.USAPR.01/GJT