FNUS75 KGJT 191513
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR DANCE BURN...BIA-SUA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
913 AM MDT MON MAR 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
COLD UPPER TROF WILL BE PASSING OVER COLORADO TODAY HELPING TO
GENERATE SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY...HEAVIEST IN MORNING THEN
BECOMING MORE SCATTERED TO ISOLATED THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLDER
TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND SOME MIXING SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON
SHOULD HELP PUSH MIXING HEIGHTS UP TO NEAR 9000 FT AGL...AND
LEAD TO GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL ON WESTERLY TRANSPORT WINDS.
CLEARING SKIES AND COLD TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT
AS WINDS BECOME TERRAIN DRIVEN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING
                    BECOMING MORE SCATTERED IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 33 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 TO 50%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AT 8 TO 13 MPH IN THIS AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THROUGH LATE MORNING...THEN INCREASING
                    TO GOOD BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL OR LESS THROUGH LATE MORNING THEN
                    INCREASING TO NEAR 9000 FT AGL BY EARLY
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....8-13 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........81-86%.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 45 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30%.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...DURANGO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120319.BEARD.01/GJT