FNUS75 KGJT 262153
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR PINYON 2...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
353 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1529 MDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS FAR
SOUTHWEST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO RETURN
TO THE REGION. CHANCES ARE INCREASING THAT THE FIRE SITE WILL SEE
A STORM DEVELOP NEARBY. THESE STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY PERSIST
THROUGH  SUNSET THEN SHOULD SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. MONSOONAL MOISTURE
WILL BE PUSHING IN ON FRIDAY AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO GET AN EARLIER START...AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY.
GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR ANY STORM THAT FORMS BUT THE
THREAT OF HEAVIER RAINFALL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE DAY
ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER ON FRIDAY DUE
TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND EARLIER PRECIPITATION.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87 TO 89 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 TO 25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......MAINLY UPVALLEY WINDS AT 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59 TO 63 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPVALLEY WINDS BECOMING DOWNSLOPE AT 3 TO 8 MPH
                    NEAR SUNSET THEN DOWNVALLEY 5 TO 9 MPH OVERNIGHT.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS THIS THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................2.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY AFTER 1100.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-36%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNVALLEY WINDS AT 5 TO 9 MPH THROUGH MID
                    MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH BY LATE
                    MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...DURANGO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120726.PINYO.01/GJT