FNUS75 KGJT 281501
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST DIVIDE BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
901 AM MDT WED MAR 28 2012

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST DIVIDE BLM...FS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
900 AM MDT WED MAR 28 2012

UPDATED FOR LOWER RH AND STRONGER GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON MARCH 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
AS THE NEXT PACIFIC DISTURBANCE EJECT INLAND TODAY...THIS AND WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE SOME GUSTINESS ON THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THE
MORNING VALLEY INVERSION MIXES OUT.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-60 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-16%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-6 MPH. SOUTHWEST 9-13 MPH
                    AFTER 1300. SOME GUSTS TO 20-25 MPH IN THE
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT BY 1500.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT AGL BY 1500.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    VARIABLE BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-6 MPH. AFTER
                    1200...SOUTHWEST 19 MPH.

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REQUESTED BY...JOSH GRAHAM
REASON FOR REQUEST...UNDER THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT FOR METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES (USFS, BLM, NPS, U