FNUS75 KGJT 202242
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR GALLEGOS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
442 PM MDT FRI JUL 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1604 MDT ON JULY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER
THE HIGHER SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS TO FIRE'S EAST AND NORTH. A FEW
STORMS MAY MOVE OVER THE FIRE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND
MIDNIGHT...BUT MOST STORMS WILL STAY OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS.
GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DOMINATE THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING. DRAINAGE WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND SUNSET. LOOK
FOR AN UPTICK IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FOR SATURDAY.

.THIS AFTERNOON (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-93 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS
                    FROM STORMS OVER THE NEARBY HIGHER TERRAIN MAY
                    DOMINATE SURFACE WINDS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MAXIMUM: 9700 FT AGL...LOWERING TO 4500 FEET
                    TOWARDS SUNSET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). AN ISOLATED SHOWER
                    OR THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-50%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL BY MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 6 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...JONES
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120720.GALLE.01/GJT