FNUS75 KGJT 270953
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BADGER FLAT...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
353 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MARCH 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BE SETTING UP ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO TODAY
BEHIND THE SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT THE STRONG WINDS TO REGION YESTERDAY.
WINDS WILL BE MUCH MORE RELAXED TODAY THOUGH WITH MIXING IN THE
AFTERNOON...SOME GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE. THIS MIXING
WILL ALSO HELP PUSH SMOKE DISPERSAL INTO THE VERY GOOD CATEGORY.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ABOVE NORMAL WHICH SHOULD
DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS INTO THE TEENS BY MID AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 57 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO 12 MPH LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    VERY GOOD BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......200 INCREASING TO 1050 AFTER 1200.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9200 FT AGL BY MID
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN THOMPSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120327.BADGE.01/GJT