FNUS75 KGJT 282022
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAVEN PARK...CRAIG DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
222 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1357 MDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MONSOONAL MOISTURE...WITH WEAK EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES
WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM OVER WESTERN COLORADO THROUGH SUNDAY
AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.
THEREFORE...DIURNALLY FAVORED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AND ON SUNDAY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORM MOVEMENT WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. DURING THE LATE DAY PERIODS...GUSTY
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS WILL DOMINATE THE SURFACE FLOW AT
TIMES...WITH THE WIND DIRECTION DEPENDENT UPON THUNDERSTORM
LOCATION IN RELATION TO THE FIRE.



.THIS AFTERNOON (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH. GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...DIMINISHING TOWARDS MIDNIGHT...
                    THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 0-5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. BRIEF
                    HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE 0-3 MPH UNTIL AROUND NOON...
                    THEN BECOMING WEST 4-8 MPH WITH A FEW STRONGER
                    GUSTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120728.RAVEN.01/GJT