FNUS75 KGJT 250601
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR STATELINE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1201 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2330 MDT ON JUNE 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A FEW SHOWERS PASSED THROUGH THE DURANGO AREA OF THE PAST HOUR AND
PRODUCED WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH BUT THESE HAVE MOVED NORTH AND
RADAR IS FAIRLY QUIET BEHIND THESE SO DOWNVALLEY WINDS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE TERRAIN WINDS SWITCH UPSLOPE THEN
MIX TO THE SOUTH BY LATE MORNING. THERE MAY BE SOME STRONGER WIND
GUSTS WHEN MIXING STRENGTHENS AROUND NOON UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH
THE THE LATE AFTERNOON AS WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT THE
RIDGETOPS. DRIER AIR WILL BE WORKING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND
MOST OF THE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE
FIRE OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED THROUGH
THE DAY AS OUTFLOW WINDS WILL STILL BE A CONCERN NEAR ANY STORMS THAT
FORM.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 55 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........43-48%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......GENERALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN/DOWNVALLEY AT 3
                    TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 91 TO 94 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNVALLEY WINDS AT 3 TO 8 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE
                    AROUND 1000 THEN SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH BY EARLY
                    AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE SOME STRONGER WINDS GUSTS
                    NEAR 20 MPH BY LATE MORNING AS MIXING BEGINS
                    TO STRENGTHEN.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR THROUGH MID MORNING THEN INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

$$
FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...DURANGO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120624.STATE.02/GJT