FNUS75 KGJT 172315
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUFFALO PASTURE...SOUTHERN UTE AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
515 PM MDT TUE APR 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER DISTURBANCE PASSES NORTH OF THE BURN SITE
ON WEDNESDAY BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO RESULT IN SOME SOUTHWEST WINDS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME HIGH CLOUDS WILL SPREAD OVER SOUTHWEST
COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY...THICKENING LATE IN THE DAY.

.WEDNESDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40% INCREASING TO 50-60%
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY HIGH CLOUDS)
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-4 MPH) UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH...AFTER 1300
                    INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH...AND BECOMING MORE
                    WESTERLY TOWARDS SUNSET. A FEW GUSTS 15-20
                    MPH POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....BECOMING EXCELLENT IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...HOWARD RICHARDS JR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120418.BUFFA.01/GJT