FNUS75 KGJT 050226
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR TOMICHI CREEK...USFS GUNNISON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
726 PM MST SUN DEC 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON DECEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD TROUGH WILL BE POSITIONED OVER COLORADO TODAY WITH A MODIFIED
ARCTIC AIR MASS ACROSS THE REGION.  CLEARING SKIES TONIGHT WILL LEAD
TO FRIGID TEMPERATURES TUESDAY MORNING.  THE TROUGH WILL WEAKEN
CONSIDERABLY WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS
WILL STRENGTHEN.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SNOW FLURRIES.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 6-8 MPH WITH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (26600-61000 KNOT-FT).
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500-4000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 26 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 14 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3000-3300 KNOT-FT).

.TUESDAY...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4800-26600 KNOT-FT).
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PAUL FRISBIE
REQUESTED BY...J CHONKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111205.TOMIC.01/GJT