FNUS75 KGJT 310615
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR PINYON 2...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1215 AM MDT TUE JUL 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1718 MDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...NO CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED TODAY.
DEEP MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE
NORTH AT 10 MPH. STILL NO FORCING SEEN FOR TODAY SO OROGRAPHICS
WILL BE THE MAIN LIFTING MECHANISM. STORMS WILL FORM FIRST OVER
THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE NORTH. THE SECOND OR THIRD GENERATION
STORMS LATER IN THE DAY WILL THREATEN THE FIRE SITE. GUSTY
OUTFLOWS WILL DOMINATE THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDS. ANY STORM
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH LIGHTNING
AND SMALL HAIL. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WORKS IN FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT
FOR A CHANCE OF NOCTURNAL STORMS.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON
                    AND EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-92 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNVALLEY (NORTHEAST) 1-5 MPH UNTIL 0900...
                    THEN BECOMING UPVALLEY (SOUTH) 1-5 MPH.
                    GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200 THEN 2...BECOMING 4 AFTER 1500.


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FORECASTER...JOE RAMEY
REQUESTED BY...DURANGO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120730.PINYO.01/GJT