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SPOT FORECAST FOR THIRD WATER SPRING...GJT INTERAGENCY DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
449 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1622 MDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS
SLOWLY MOVING NORTH ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL COLORADO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.MOST OF THE STORMS SHOULD STAY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF
THE FIRE. AN OUTFLOW GUST FRONT FROM THIS AREA PASSED THROUGH
GRAND JUNCTION WITH WIND GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH AND MOVING NORTHWEST...
AND MAY AFFECT THE FIRE BETWEEN 1700 AND 1800 MDT. MOIST SOUTHERLY
FLOW WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY FOR ANOTHER ROUND SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 %.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5-8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS UP TO
                    40 MPH EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90%) UNTIL 2400...THEN
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (50%).  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........41-46%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5-7 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH BY 2300. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 40 MPH EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 0100...THEN 1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50%) UNTIL 1200...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                    1300...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-3 MPH UNTIL 1030...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 8-13 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 30 MPH
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120704.THIRD.01/GJT