FNUS75 KGJT 222300
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE SAND...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
500 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1558 MDT ON JUNE 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE BEGINS TO SURGE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT WITH A POTENTIAL FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. THE
MOISTURE DEEPENS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH WETTING RAINS
ACCOMPANYING THE STORMS. STRONGER WIND GUSTS MAY OCCUR WITH THE
STORMS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS
CONTINUE ON TUESDAY THEN DIMINISH TO ISOLATED IN COVERAGE ON
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.


.TODAY (THROUGH SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 0800...BECOMING
    UPSLOPE BY 1000...THEN INCREASING AND SHIFTING
    TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
    20 MPH BY NOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (17800-20200 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1500...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 12100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........44-49%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO VERY GOOD DECREASING TO POOR
    (5300-7900 KNOT-FT) IN THE LATE EVENING
    AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2 THROUGH 1500...THEN 1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). SCATTERED DRY
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 0800...SHIFTING
    TO THE SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH WITH
    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY NOON. GUSTY AND
    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
    THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3000-12900 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    VERY GOOD (96300-126800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................6.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 13400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...ED LIESER FBAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120622.LITTL.01/GJT