FNUS75 KGJT 251726 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE MTN PILES RX...STATE OF UTAH, FFSL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1126 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON OCTOBER 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS LATE TONIGHT WILL BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE PRECIPITATION TYPE SWITCHING TO SNOW AT THE BURN SITE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PASS OVERHEAD DURING THE DAY KEEPING SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS MAY MIX WITH...OR SWITCH OVER TO ALL RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BELOW 8500 FEET. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...MIXING WITH OR SWITCHING TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46 F. MIN HUMIDITY........35-40%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 15 MPH. CLEARING INDEX......250 INCREASING TO 1050. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING TO 5600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN REQUESTED BY...HEBER HEYDER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111026.BLUEM.01/GJT