FNUS75 KGJT 220345
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BURNS CANYON...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
945 PM MDT WED SEP 21 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN FRIDAY. SKIES
WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR, DAY AND NIGHT, SO TEMPERATURES WILL COOL OFF
RAPIDLY AFTER DARK AND A STEEP SURFACE-BASED INVERSION WILL FORM.
THE INVERSION WILL NOT BURN OFF UNTIL LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES
WILL RISE TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH BETTER SMOKE DISPERSAL
IN THE AFTERNOON. SURFACE WINDS SHOULD BE TERRAIN DOMINATED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH UNTIL 1100, THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-5 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (800-7000 KNOT-FT) UNTIL 1100, THEN FAIR.
CLEARING INDEX......50 INCREASING TO 550 AROUND 1100.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9500 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CHRIS CUOCO
REQUESTED BY...FUELS TECH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110922.BURNS.01/GJT