FNUS75 KGJT 012350
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR GUNNISON COUNTY LANDFILL...GUNNISON COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
450 PM MST WED FEB 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON FEBRUARY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST COLORADO
LATER TONIGHT WITH SNOW DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
SURROUNDING THE GUNNISON BASIN DURING THE MORNING. DESPITE COOLING
ALOFT...LOW LEVEL INVERSIONS ARE UNLIKELY TO FULLY MIX OUT LEAVING
THE BASIN WITH RELATIVELY SHALLOW MIXING AND LIGHT TRANSPORT
WINDS. SMOKE DISPERSAL MAY RISE TO FAIR BRIEFLY DURING PERIODS OF
SNOW...BUT TRANSPORT WINDS WILL MAINTAIN AN EASTERLY COMPONENT
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. LITTLE IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED FRIDAY AS THE
INVERSION OVER THE VALLEY LINGERS AND TRANSPORT WINDS CONTINUE OUT
OF THE SOUTHEAST.

.TODAY (THURSDAY)...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (600-37000 KNOT-FT). BRIEFLY FAIR DURING
    PERIODS OF SNOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL IN
    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 10 MPH
    IN THE AFTERNOON.

.FRIDAY...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (700-35000 KNOT-FT).
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...SEAN MCCORMICK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120202.GUNNI.01/GJT