FNUS75 KGJT 112019
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE HENDERSON...GMUG FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
219 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1343 MDT ON APRIL 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...

.DISCUSSION...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO PASS OVER THE FIRE MID TO LATE EVENING...WITH WINDS
BECOMING MORE WEST-SOUTHWEST. HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN STRONG
UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN DIMINISH DURING THE LATE NIGHT
PERIOD. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE TO SCATTERED BY 1800 TO 1900
MDT. AFTER MIDNIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH AND TURN TO SNOW BY
MORNING.


.TODAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    INCREASING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-70 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-18%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON WITH A FEW STRONGER GUSTS POSSIBLE.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 35 MPH.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED RAIN AND
                    SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT...TURNING TO ALL
                    SNOW BY MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-29 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 40 MPH...10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    BY MIDNIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 8-12 MPH
                    BY SUNRISE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 38 MPH DECREASING TO 25 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING. WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5-10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
                    10-15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 23 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...RYAN MCCULLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120411.LITTL.01/GJT