FNUS75 KGJT 131917
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR FIREMOUNTAIN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1217 PM MST MON FEB 13 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON FEBRUARY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE NEXT APPROACHES OVERNIGHT AND WILL MOVE THROUGH
NORTHERN ARIZONA ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE
FOR SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY. INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM
WILL ALLOW FOR FAIRLY DEEP MIXING FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. AS A
RESULT...SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL REACH FAIR AROUND NOON...PEAKING AT
GOOD FROM 1400 TO 1600.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH THROUGH 1000...
    THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH AROUND 1300.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8900-16300 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (60600 KNOT-FT) BY 1400 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...RYAN MCCULLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120213.FIREM.01/GJT