FNUS75 KGJT 312244
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN MOUTAIN RESCUE...DELTA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
444 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1614 MDT ON OCTOBER 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
THEN AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT WILL APPROACH WEST-CENTRAL COLORADO DURING THE AFTERNOON.
SOUTHWEST WINDS...AND THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THIS DISTURBANCE. SHOWERS WILL INITIALLY BE
RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW. BY TUESDAY EVENING THE PRECIPITATION
WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. UP TO 2
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURES........44-47 F AT 1500...DECREASING TO 37-40 F
                    BY SUNSET.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. SOME HIGH CLOUDS TOWARDS MORNING (20-30%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....20-25 F.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...INCREASING AFTER 1600.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-42 F.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...ROB FIEDLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20111031.GREEN.01/GJT