FNUS75 KGJT 101646
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COYOTE BASIN...CRAIG DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1046 AM MDT THU MAY 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1017 MDT ON MAY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL WORK THROUGH THE
CANADIAN ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON WITH A WEAK TROUGH WITH WEAK LOW
PRESSURE LINGERING TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE BURN SITE THROUGH
FRIDAY. AN ASSOCIATED WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PASS OVER THE BURN SITE
AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT TODAY...AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 4 DEGREES WARMER THAN WEDNESDAY AND
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT MAY
PRODUCE LIGHT SHOWERS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN TONIGHT BUT THE BURN
SITE WILL ONLY SEE A WIND SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THEN NORTH BY
MIDNIGHT. THE SURFACE BASED INVERSION WILL BECOME STRONG AFTER
MIDNIGHT. A COOLER UNSTABLE AIR MASS ON FRIDAY WILL LOWER
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AROUND 10 DEGREES AND BRING A CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (30-40%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-12%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 15-20 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 5 MPH
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 13 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 2-5 MPH INCREASING TO 6-10 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...TAYLOR WELSHIMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120510.COYOT.01/GJT