FNUS75 KGJT 261510
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR VOSBERG PIKE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
910 AM MDT THU JUL 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0845 MDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOISTURE IS SLOWLY RETURNING TO SOUTHERN COLORADO WHICH SHOULD LEAD
TO BETTER THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
THE MAIN CONCERN FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE THE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS
WHICH MAY GUST UP TO 40 MPH. WITH FIRE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE
DISTINCT RIDGE-LINE...WINDS WILL BE TRICKY FORECAST. FOR THE MOST PART
EXPECT THEM TO BE UPVALLEY AT 7 TO 12 MPH...BUT NEAR RIDGE-LINE
WINDS MAY BE MORE UNPREDICTABLE. RIDGE-TOP WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE
FROM THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
MID EVENING BUT SHOULD SHOW A DECREASING TREND BY MIDNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......TERRAIN DRIVEN WITH UPVALLEY WINDS MAINLY SOUTHWEST
                    AT 7 TO 12 MPH BY 1200. RIDGE TOP WINDS WILL BE MORE
                    SOUTHERLY AT 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 65 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPVALLEY WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY BY 2100. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...BETH JONES
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120726.VOSBE.01/GJT