FNUS75 KGJT 251447
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BOX ELDER...CRAIG INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
847 AM MDT THU AUG 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0820 MDT ON AUGUST 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. THIS WILL ALSO
RESULT IN A LITTLE COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A LITTLE HIGHER
HUMIDITY. EXPECT CONVECTION TO INITIATE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
AROUND MIDDAY...THEN MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%) UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) BY 1400. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-87 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-22%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 2-4 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 5-8 MPH BY 1300. OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                    TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) UNTIL 2200...THEN PARTLY
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-68%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 3-5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-86 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 2-4 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4-6 MPH BY 1300. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...CRAIG INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110825.BOXEL.01/GJT