FNUS75 KGJT 071635
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SKI AREA...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
935 AM MST MON NOV 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MST ON NOVEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SOMEWHAT DISORGANIZED WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER THE REGION
TODAY AND EXIT TO THE EAST TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS ALOFT WILL START OUT
FROM THE SOUTH THIS MORNING THEN TRANSITION TO THE NORTH BY EARLY
EVENING. INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WILL
ALLOW FOR RELATIVELY HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS RESULTING IN GOOD SMOKE
DISPERSAL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3100-23700 KNOT-FT) MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    GOOD AFTER 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6200 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 10 MPH IN
                    THE LATE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....DECREASING TO POOR (6400-10100 KNOT-FT) BY 1730.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN
REQUESTED BY...CAHUR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111107.SKIAR.01/GJT