FNUS75 KGJT 280557
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK RIDGE HAND PILES...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1057 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST ON FEBRUARY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE FIRE
SITE DURING THE DAY BRINGING PERIODS OF SNOW AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES. STRONG AND GUST SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
WEST LATE IN THE MORNING ALLOWING FOR HIGH CLEARING INDICES. ON THE
BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM...SKIES WILL CLEAR DURING THE NIGHT WITH
INVERSIONS FORMING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL SHIFT
BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST TUESDAY BECOMING BREEZY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF WEAKER SYSTEM WHICH WILL AFFECT THE REGION THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-39 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........39-44%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
    TO AROUND 35 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 1100.
CLEARING INDEX......1050.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 32 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30%) BY 2000.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....17-22 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
    MPH THROUGH 2100...THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5
    MPH BY 2300.
CLEARING INDEX......1050 DECREASING TO BELOW 500 BY 2200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 23 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10
    TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 1050 BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 24 MPH
                    BY 1400.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...ZACH GLOVER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120228.BLACK.01/GJT