FNUS75 KGJT 230952
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ONE MILE...USFS GUNNISON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
352 AM MDT FRI MAR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MARCH 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER WITH WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT BECOMING SOUTHWEST
BY MIDDAY. VALLEY INVERSIONS SHOULD MIX OUT BY LATE MORNING UNDER
SUNNY SKIES. EXPECT INVERSIONS TO BEGIN FORMING EARLY THIS EVENING AS
SHADOWS OVERTAKE THE VALLEYS. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY SHOULD BE
SIMILAR ON SATURDAY BUT WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS MOVING IN LATE IN
THE DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH. AFTER 1300...WEST 5 MPH WITH
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR BECOMING GOOD BETWEEN
                    1400-1600.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 1000-1500 FT AGL BY 1200 INCREASING TO
                    6500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 3-5 UNTIL 1200...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

20-FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH SHORTLY AFTER
                    SUNSET...OR AS SHADOWS OVERTAKE THE BURN SITE.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR INCREASING TO GOOD
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...J  CHONKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120323.ONEMI.01/GJT