FNUS75 KGJT 261449
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BOX ELDER...CRAIG INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
849 AM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0827 MDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THIS MORNING...THE BURN SITE WAS ON THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF
LINGERING CLOUDS FROM STORMS LAST NIGHT. MOISTURE INCREASED LAST
NIGHT AND WILL AGAIN FUEL AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
TODAY FROM DAYTIME HEATING. STORMS WILL SLOW MOVING AND CAPABLE OF
A PERIOD OF LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...AS WELL AS GUSTY
WINDS AND LIGHTNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40%) UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AFTER 1230.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-86F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-24%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE 0-2 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN SOUTH 2-4 MPH
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST 4-6 MPH AFTER 1400. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1230...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...CRAIG INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110826.BOXEL.01/GJT