FNUS75 KGJT 230301
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR AIR PARK...SAN JUAN PUBLIC LANDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
853 PM MDT SUN JUL 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2015 MDT ON JULY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE OVERALL PATTERN ON
MONDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY LATE DAY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE DEPENDENT ON CLOUD
COVER...BUT SIMILAR HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT...EXCEPT FOR STRONG GUSTY THUNDERSTORM
OUTFLOWS...WHICH MAY DOMINATE SURFACE WINDS AT TIMES LATE IN THE
DAY INTO THE EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THESE WINDS
COULD BE NEARBY...OR POSSIBLY EVEN AT SOME DISTANCE FROM THE FIRE.

.MONDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE. AFTER 1200 BECOMING SOUTH
                    3-8 MPH. LATE IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 7-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED FROM
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.

.MONDAY NIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................4.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...KENT GRANT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120722.AIRPA.02/GJT