FNUS75 KGJT 150106
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLAIR MOUNTAIN SAR...GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
706 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1851 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO THE SEARCH AREA
THIS EVENING. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OFF
AND ON THROUGH THE NIGHT. FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL BRING SNOW
LEVELS TO NEAR 9000 FEET BY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES LIKELY AROUND THE 10000 FOOT LEVEL WITH GREATER AMOUNTS ON
THE HIGHER SLOPES OF BLAIR MOUNTAIN.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING. NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH
    THE NIGHT.
SNOW LEVEL..........BEGINNING AROUND 11000 FEET...SNOW WILL LOWER
    TO NEAR 9000 FEET OVERNIGHT.
SNOW ACCUMULATION...ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH THIS EVENING
    WITH TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE AT THE
    10000 FOOT LEVEL BY MORNING...HIGHER AMOUNTS ON
     THE UPPER SLOPES.
TEMPERATURE TREND...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 40S DURING THE
    EVENING BEFORE DIPPING INTO THE 30S IN THE EARLY
    MORNING HOURS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-38 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
    NEAR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...UNKNOWN
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110914.BLAIR.01/GJT