FNUS75 KGJT 271611
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ONE MILE...USFS GUNNISON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
911 AM MST MON FEB 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 MST ON FEBRUARY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING FROM
THE WEST TODAY BRINGING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE BURN SITE LATER
TONIGHT. FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE
INCREASE AS WILL SURFACE WINDS. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST
TO SOUTH AT 5 TO 8 MPH QUICKLY RAMPING UP TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS POSSIBLE RIGHT AROUND NOON. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL INITIALLLY
BE FROM THE EAST BEFORE QUICKLY SWITCHING TO THE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH INCREASING WITH HEIGHT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
GOOD MIXING WILL ALLOW FOR VERY GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE BECOMING POOR ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO
A CHANCE FOR SOME SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON BUT THEY WILL BE
VERY SCATTERED IN NATURE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....30-35 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD DECREASING TO POOR IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...J  CHONKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120227.ONEMI.01/GJT