FNUS75 KGJT 170449
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ALMA TAYLOR PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
949 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON JANUARY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
EXITING STORM SYSTEM WILL LEAVE A MODERATELY FAST NORTHWEST FLOW
PATTERN IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHEAST UTAH ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL BE GRADUALLY WARMING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
BUT THE INVERSION ALOFT LOOKS TO BE WELL ABOVE RIDGE TOP LEVEL.
MIXING THROUGH THE MID AND LATE MORNING SHOULD BRING CLEARING
INDEX LEVEL ABOVE 500 AROUND 1100 WITH MODERATE WEST TO NORTHWEST
TRANSPORT WINDS EXPECTED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....20-25 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO 12 MPH BY
                    MID AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......500 OR LESS THROUGH AROUND 1100 THEN INCREASING
                    TO 1050 BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL OR LESS THROUGH 1100 THEN INCREASING
                    TO NEAR 5000 FT AGL BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 MPH INCREASING TO 31 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS DEETS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120117.ALMAT.01/GJT