FNUS75 KGJT 080414
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR THIRD WATER SPRING...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1014 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1626 MDT ON JULY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HEAVY SHOWERS FELL TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE FIRE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SOMETHING LIKE
0.1 TO 0.6 INCHES AT THE FIRE SITE. MOISTURE ERODES SOME ON SUNDAY
BUT THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF GETTING SHOWERS. THE STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN ON THE HIGH PLAINS EXPANDS WESTWARD INTO
THE GREAT BASIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE FLOW ALOFT IS LIGHT SUNDAY
MORNING BUT SHIFTS TO NORTHWEST-NORTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY. THIS BRINGS A WARMING AND DRYING TREND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED AFTERNOON
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE (WEST) 2-5 MPH UNTIL 0900...
                    SWITCHING TO UPSLOPE (EAST) 4-8 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-62%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2400...THEN 1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE (WEST) 2-5 MPH...
                    SWITCHING TO UPSLOPE (EAST) 4-8 MPH.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...IC JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120707.THIRD.01/GJT