FNUS75 KGJT 261826 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR PACK CREEK PILES RX...STATE OF UTAH, FFSL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1226 PM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 MDT ON OCTOBER 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING SOUTH TOWARD NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DRIER AIR IS MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT...ALTHOUGH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LA SAL MOUNTAINS UNTIL THIS EVENING. STRONG SURFACE BASED INVERSIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS SKIES CLEAR. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-47 F. MIN HUMIDITY........50-60%. CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 800 AFTER 1300. .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....22-27 F. MAX HUMIDITY........67-77%. CLEARING INDEX......400 AT 1600...THE DECREASING TO 100. $$ FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN REQUESTED BY...HEBER HEYDER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111026.PACKC.01/GJT