FNUS75 KGJT 080119
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE SAND...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
719 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1850 MDT ON JUNE 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
SATURDAY NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE APPROACHING THE GREAT
BASIN FRIDAY AND AS IT DOES THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL TIGHTEN UP OVER THE FIRE SITE CREATING SOME GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY WILL DIE DOWN OVERNIGHT BUT PICK UP
AGAIN ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM THE SOUTHWEST SATURDAY
AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. HUMIDITIES WILL
REMAIN BETWEEN 5 TO 10 PERCENT SO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL BE MET. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
SATURDAY FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT BECAUSE OF THESE CONDITIONS.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-11%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 16
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO VERY GOOD BY NOON.
CLEARING INDEX......100 INCREASING TO 1050.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...DAN OCHOCKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120607.LITTL.01/GJT