FNUS75 KGJT 050131
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR POSEY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
731 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1911 MDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY.
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK NORTH ACROSS WESTERN UTAH LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING..RESULTING IN SOME INCREASE IN
SURFACE WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CARRY WETTING RAINFALL.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-3 MPH
                    AFTER 2100. OVER RIDGETOPS AFTER 2400...SOUTHWEST
                    8-12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 35 MPH
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CLEARING INDEX......500 DECREASING TO 100 BY 2200.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL BY 2200.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER 2400.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5-7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CLEARING INDEX......1000+ IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...OROZCO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120704.POSEY.01/GJT