FNUS75 KGJT 271341 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAVER CREEK...CRAIG DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 741 AM MDT WED JUN 27 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0717 MDT ON JUNE 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLEARING WILL MOVE INTO THE BURN THIS MORNING BEHIND LAST NIGHT/S CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. BUT...DAYTIME HEATING AND INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. STORMS WILL PRODUCE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION BUT WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. DRIER WESTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) UNTIL 1000...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1300...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84 F. MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) UNTIL 2400...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59 F. MAX HUMIDITY........45-55%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 20 MPH UNTIL 2000...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...2. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-80 F. MIN HUMIDITY........14-19%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING WEST 5-10 MPH BY NOON. AFTER 1300...WEST 7-10 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. LAL.................1. $$ FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS REQUESTED BY...IC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120627.BEAVE.01/GJT