FNUS75 KGJT 102332
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE SAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
532 PM MDT SUN JUN 10 2012

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE SAND...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
531 PM MDT SUN JUN 10 2012

UPDATED MAX TEMP/RH FOR MONDAY

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1651 MDT ON JUNE 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY COLD FRONT APPEARED TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF
LA PLATA...SOUTHERN HINSDALE TO SOUTHERN SAGUACHE COUNTIES LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLIP TO THE SOUTHEAST. BEHIND
THE FRONT...WINDS WERE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WHILE AHEAD OF THE FRONT
WINDS WERE WEST TO SOUTHWEST. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING
WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND AS THE FRONT MOVES AWAY...BECOMING
DRAINAGE WINDS IN THE CANYONS AS SURFACE INVERSIONS DEVELOP.
INVERSIONS WILL BE RATHER SHALLOW AND SHOULD MIX OUT BY MID TO
LATE MORNING ON MONDAY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL CROSS
SOUTHWEST COLORADO LATE MONDAY BUT NO RAIN IS EXPECTED. DAYTIME
HEATING WILL RESULT IN GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY.
WINDS SHOULD NOT BE AS STRONG AS TODAY...HOWEVER.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-44 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........24-29%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 12-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH UNTIL
                    SUNSET...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH (DOWNSLOPE)
                    5 MPH BY 2200.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2030...THEN DECREASING TO
                    POOR BY 2200.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH BECOMING NORTH (DOWNSLOPE) 5 MPH
                    BY 2200.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%) UNTIL 1100...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY
                    (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-13%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST (DOWNSLOPE) 5 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 5 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN WEST
                    SOUTHWEST 10-13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR INCREASING TO VERY
                    GOOD BY 1400.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 MPH.

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REQUESTED BY...ALLEN FARNSWORTH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE