FNUS75 KGJT 191539
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR FIRE MOUNTAIN...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
939 AM MDT MON MAR 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 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 SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY...WITH SOME OF THE
PASSING SHOWERS POSSIBLY PUTTING DOWN BRIEF HEAVY SNOWFALL.
THE COLDER TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND SOME MIXING SUNSHINE IN THE
AFTERNOON SHOULD HELP PUSH MIXING HEIGHTS UP TO NEAR 10000 FT AGL
AND LEAD TO GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL ON WESTERLY TRANSPORT WINDS.
SKIES WILL SLOWLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT AS SNOW SHOWERS DECREASE IN
COVERAGE. COLD TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS WINDS BECOME
TERRAIN DRIVEN. WARMING TEMPERATURES ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROF
WILL FORM A LOWERING INVERSION ALOFT ON TUESDAY...FOR LOWER MIXING
HEIGHTS AND LOW END FAIR SMOKE DISPERSAL CONDITIONS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........VARIABLE CLOUDINESS WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 38 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS THIS MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THROUGH LATE MORNING THEN INCREASING
                    TO GOOD BY MID AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING MORE ISOLATED THROUGH THE
                    EARLY MORNING HOURS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....14-19 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE TO DOWNVALLEY AT 3 TO 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 42 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THROUGH NOON THEN LOW END FAIR IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...SAM DEARSTYNE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120319.FIREM.01/GJT