FNUS75 KGJT 222301 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR CONWAY...CRAIG DISPATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 501 PM MDT SUN JUL 22 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1644 MDT ON JULY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...NOTE...PLEASE PROVIDE OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FIRE SITE WITH FUTURE SPOT REQUESTS... .DISCUSSION...MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUES TO FLOW OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...WITH THE FIRE SITE ON THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF THE MOISTURE STREAM. EXPECT STORMS TO MOVE OVER THE SITE LATE THIS EVENING...SIMILAR TO SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS. NO CHANGE EXPECTED MONDAY...A SUNNY...HOT START IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING AND MOVING OVER THE SITE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 7 PM. DECREASING TO ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F. MAX HUMIDITY........57-62%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH. AFTER MIDNIGHT...DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLY 3 TO 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-40%) UNTIL 3 PM...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-80%). AFTER 2 PM...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...INCREASING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER ABOUT 4 PM. MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92 F. MIN HUMIDITY........11-16%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH UNTIL 9 AM...THEN BECOMING WEST WINDS 5-15 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. LAL.................1 UNTIL 2 PM...THEN 2. AFTER 4 PM...LAL 4. $$ FORECASTER...CHRIS CUOCO REQUESTED BY...JENNA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120722.CONWA.01/GJT