FNUS75 KGJT 271502
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SUNRISE MINE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
902 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0816 MDT ON MAY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LESS WINDY CONDITIONS
TODAY AND ON MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAY EVENING'S COLD FRONT.
WHILE BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN
TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT PASSES OVERHEAD...WINDS WILL NOT
BE NEARLY AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY. THE AIR MASS REMAINS QUITE DRY
SO HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN LOW.


.TODAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THIS MORNING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY BY MIDDAY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH THIS MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25
                    MPH POSSIBLE. BECOMING WESTERLY LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-34 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH...BECOMING NORTH 3-6
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.

.MEMORIAL DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH 0-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING
                    WEST AND INCREASING TO 5-10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...UCR DISP
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120527.SUNRI.01/GJT