FNUS75 KGJT 182053
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CANY NEEDLES PILE...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
153 PM MST SAT FEB 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MST ON FEBRUARY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP OVER THE FIRE SITE
BEGINNING SUNDAY MORNING. CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION INCREASE DURING
THE COURSE OF THE MORNING...THEN REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. TROUGH PASSAGE WILL BRING A WIND SHIFT WITH A COLD FRONT
SWEEPING THROUGH THE AREA EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WILL BE
RELATIVELY DEEP WITH GOOD TRANSPORT WINDS LEADING TO FAVORABLE
CLEARING INDICES.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE MORNING
    TURNING TO ALL RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 17
                    MPH WITH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. WIND
    SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 1400.
CLEARING INDEX......250 INCREASING TO 1050 IN THE AFTERNOON
    BY 1300.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 22 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...KEITH KRAUSE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120219.CANYN.01/GJT