FNUS75 KGJT 042346
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR FIREWATER CYN WILDFIRE...UINTAH AND OURAY AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
546 PM MDT MON JUN 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1701 MDT ON JUNE 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY...
FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...

.DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THE SURFACE-BASED INVERSIONS WILL BE WEAK OR
NON-EXISTENT AS A COOL FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH
WORK THROUGH NEVADA. AS A RESULT...SOUTH WINDS ALOFT WILL
STRENGTHEN. HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE POOR OVERNIGHT. WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS CONTINUE ON TUESDAY...AND SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME
STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS THE COOL
FRONT APPROACHES. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR LATE
TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) EARLY THIS
                    EVENING...THEN DECREASING CLOUDS AND BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20%) BY MIDNIGHT. A FEW VIRGA
                    SHOWERS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58 F.
HUMIDITY............7-10%...INCREASING TO 15-18% BY SUNSET.
                    MAX HUMIDITY 20-25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN
                    EARLY EVENING. THEN AROUND SUNSET...WINDS
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 3-8 MPH WITHIN
                    THE CANYON. WINDS OVER SLOPES AND RIDGES...
                    SOUTH 8-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH...
                    INCREASING TOWARDS MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-10%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING WINDY BY LATE MORNING. SOUTH WINDS 10-15
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH UNTIL AROUND 1000...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    45 MPH. BECOMING MORE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS SECAKUKU
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120604.FIREW.01/GJT