FNUS75 KGJT 300536
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ONE MILE...USFS GUNNISON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1036 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1620 MST ON NOVEMBER 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER WILL BE DIVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WESTERN
GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL TURN WINDS ALOFT FROM THE
NORTHWEST NEAR SUNRISE TO THE WEST/SOUTHWEST BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH
AFTERNOON TRANSPORT WINDS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 30 MPH. AS THE LOW LEVEL
INVERSION MIXES OUT NEAR MID-DAY...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S SHOULD
PUSH MIXING HEIGHTS UP INTO THE WINDS FOR GOOD OR BETTER SMOKE
DISPERSAL. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE TERRAIN DRIVEN THROUGH MID MORNING
THEN SWITCH TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH NEAR RIDGE-TOPS AS MIXING
INCREASES. SOME STRONGER WINDS GUSTS MAY MIX DOWN AS WELL DURING
PEAK HEATING. THE SURFACE INVERSION AND TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS SHOULD
RETURN AROUND SUNSET LEADING TO DECREASING SMOKE DISPERSAL.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 40 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5-8 MPH THROUGH MID MORNING
                    THEN BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING TO 5 TO 15 MPH
                    BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THROUGH MID MORNING...INCREASING TO VERY
                    GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL OR LESS THROUGH MID MORNING THEN
                    INCREASING TO NEAR 4500 FT AGL BY MID AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....TERRAIN DRIVEN THROUGH MID MORNING INCREASING TO
                    WEST AT NEAR 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD NEAR SUNSET...THEN DECREASING TO POOR BY
                    MID EVENING.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...J  CHONKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111129.ONEMI.01/GJT