FNUS75 KGJT 200633 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR KING...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1233 AM MDT WED JUN 20 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0003 MDT ON JUNE 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... PROGRESS OF THE COLD FRONT HAS SLOWED EARLY THIS MORNING AND WAS BISECTING WESTERN COLORADO NEAR THE I-70 CORRIDOR. THERE IS SOME COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT BUT IT IS NOT CERTAIN IF IT IS DEEP ENOUGH TO MAKE IT OVER SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN RANGE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...WITH THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE FRONT HANGING UP OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS. AT THE MOMENT SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE NOT INDICATING A WIND SHIFT NEAR THE FIRE LOCATION WITH TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS BECOMING MORE WESTERLY AS MIXING INCREASES BY LATE MORNING. WITHOUT A FRONTAL PASSAGE...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. WINDS WILL BE DECREASING ALOFT AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHTER THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS. HOWEVER THE VALLEY TO THE WEST OF THE FIRE MAY HELP FUNNEL SOME STRONGER WINDS TOWARD THE BURN SITE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93 F. MIN HUMIDITY........4-9%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS THROUGH MID MORNING THEN BECOMING WEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 20 MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THROUGH MID MORNING THEN INCREASING TO VERY GOOD BY MID AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. LAL.................1. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46 F. MAX HUMIDITY........47-52%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING TERRAIN DRIVEN NEAR SUNSET. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD THROUGH MID EVENING THEN DECREASING TO POOR BY LATE EVENING. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. LAL.................1. $$ FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS REQUESTED BY...DAN BARTOK TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120620.KING_.01/GJT