FNUS75 KGJT 241458
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE SAND...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
858 AM MDT THU MAY 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0812 MDT ON MAY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A COOL FRONT LINGERED OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
THIS MORNING. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLIP SOUTH BUT ALSO
DISSIPATE...SO LESS COOLING AT THE FIRE SITE IS NOW EXPECTED.
DAYTIME MIXING WILL RESULT IN SOME GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON
THOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY. HOWEVER...MUCH STRONG WINDS
ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
FOR FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%) UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-20%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH UNTIL 0930...THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 MPH. AFTER 1200...
                    SOUTH 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 18 MPH...
                    EXCEPT OVER RIDGE TOPS SOUTHWEST 15 MPH WITH
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT BY 1500.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL BY 1200...AND 7000 FT
                    AGL AT 1500
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 MPH AT 1200 INCREASING TO 28 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........39-48%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH. OVER RIDGE TOPS...
                    SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD BECOMING BECOMING POOR BY 2100.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000-1500 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 MPH BECOMING DOWNVALLEY 5-8 MPH
                    AFTER 2200 BELOW RIDGETOP.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%) UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-18%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH UNTIL 0930...THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 MPH. AFTER 1100...
                    BECOMING SOUTH 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
                    OVER RIDGE TOPS AFTER 1100...SOUTHWEST 20 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL AT 1200...INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL
                    BY 1500.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH SOUTHWEST 17 MPH INCREASING TO 36 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...DURANGO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120524.LITTL.01/GJT