FNUS75 KGJT 171506
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING CR  BASIN WILD HORSE GATHER...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
906 AM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0822 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH
THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING BY LATE MORNING. THEN BY
THE AFTERNOON CLOUDS WILL BREAK UP SOMEWHAT AND BECOME LESS
STRATIFORM. ALSO PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE CONVECTIVE AND
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDERSTORMS. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE
WESTERN U.S.

.TODAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). NUMEROUS SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE MORNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS
                    INCREASING BY LATE MORNING. THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45%.
LAL.................4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8200 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 18 MPH
                    IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL AROUND 2200...THEN
                    THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH. VARIABLE AND
                    GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2200...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-300 FT AGL BY
                    2200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 6 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-3 MPH) UNTIL 1100...
                    THEN BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH AFTER 1400.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9800 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN NORTHWEST
                    7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...DURANGO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110917.SPRIN.01/GJT