FNUS75 KGJT 280104
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR NEEDLETON...SJNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
704 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1755 MDT ON MAY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE FIRE SITE MONDAY ACCOMPANIED BY
RELATIVELY LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. HOWEVER THE AIR MASS WILL
REMAIN QUITE DRY SO HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW. LASTLY THE
FIRE LOCATION APPEARS TO BE IN A CANYON WHICH WILL CHANNEL AND
INCREASE WIND SPEEDS.

.MEMORIAL DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......MORNING DOWNVALLEY WINDS OF 4-9 MPH. LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON WINDS WEST-SOUTHWEST 7-12
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000-7300 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN
REQUESTED BY...LESLIE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120527.NEEDL.01/GJT