FNUS75 KGJT 262202
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAMBRITO 2...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
402 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1541 MDT ON AUGUST 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A
LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS.
EXPECT STORMS OVER NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST
COLORADO THIS EVENING. CLOUDINESS MAY KEEP SURFACE INVERSIONS
SHALLOWER TONIGHT...SO BE ALERT FOR THERMAL BELTS ON MID-SLOPES.

.REST OF TODAY (UNTIL 1800 MDT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%) BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    (70-80%) BY 1800.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSION.....GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT (AFTER 1800 MDT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%) AFTER 2400. SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2200...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH BY 2100.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSION....GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 2200...THEN
                    POOR.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2100...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50%) UNTIL 1500...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORM AFTER 1300...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1600.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-3 MPH SHIFTING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 MPH BY 1100. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSION....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN BECOMING GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 2 UNTIL 1600...THEN 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 11200 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 MPH
                    AFTER 1200.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...DURANGO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110826.SAMBR.01/GJT