FNUS75 KGJT 020503
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK RIDGE HAND PILES...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1003 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...
LAST PIECE OF THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS
MORNING WITH SOME CLEARING AND PRECIPITATION BECOMING MORE ISOLATED
THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE GREAT BASIN BEHIND
A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL LEAVE WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST
THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT TIMES. COLD AIR ALOFT WILL
KEEP GOOD MIXING IN TODAY...BUT WARMER AIR ARRIVING ON SATURDAY
LOOK TO DROP THESE MIXING HEIGHTS SIGNIFICANTLY ON SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....29-34 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-43%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO EXCELLENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......400 INCREASING TO 1050 IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 24 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....6-11 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD IN THE LATE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
                    POOR AFTER SUNSET.
CLEARING INDEX......1050 DECREASING TO 50.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 11 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 TO 55%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......TERRAIN DRIVEN WIND THROUGH MID MORNING THEN
                    BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST AT  5 TO 10 MPH
                    BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (9100-41100 KNOT-FT).
CLEARING INDEX......100 INCREASING TO 400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...ZACH GLOVER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120302.BLACK.01/GJT