FNUS75 KGJT 290110
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOW...CRAIG DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
710 PM MDT SAT JUL 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1843 MDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...FOR THIS EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM TO
THE WEST THROUGH NORTH OF THE FIRE SITE. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE
LIKELY AND RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
0200 MDT. STORM MOTION IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH SO HEAVY
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE CLOUDY SKIES WILL KEEP SURFACE
BASED INVERSIONS WEAK TONIGHT AND WINDS WILL TRY TO GO TO
DOWNSLOPE AFTER THE THUNDERSTORMS END. INVERSIONS WILL BREAK EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS FORMING FIRST OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN BUT WILL PROBABLY NOT THREATEN THE FIRE SITE UNTIL LATER
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE FROM THE
NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY BUT STORM MOTION WILL REMAIN SLOW TO THE
NORTHEAST.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-73%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 1-5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED FROM NEARBY THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS
                    EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 0200...THEN 2.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    BEFORE 1500...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-84 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......AFTER 1000...NORTHWEST WINDS 1-5 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED FROM AFTERNOON
                    AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120728.WILLO.01/GJT