FNUS75 KGJT 231554
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CNP PILES  EAST SIDE...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
854 AM MST MON JAN 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MST ON JANUARY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST THIS
AFTERNOON. WARMING ALOFT WILL SOMEWHAT LIMIT MIXING BUT MODERATE
TRANSPORT WINDS WILL HELP TO OFFSET THIS...RESULTING IN FAIR SMOKE
DISPERSAL THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER TROF PASSAGE TUESDAY THE FLOW
ALOFT WILL BE FROM THE NORTH BRINGING COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION...
WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER SMOKE DISPERSAL.

.TODAY...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10800-12500 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR
                    (44300 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....DECREASING TO POOR BY 1700.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR(5600-16700 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO FAIR
                    (49000 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 13 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN
REQUESTED BY...ROSS OXFORD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120123.CNPPI.01/GJT