FNUS75 KGJT 051809
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLIND II...UT-VLD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1209 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1143 MDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING INCREASING MOISTURE
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING INCREASING
THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. INITIAL STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
MORE WIND THAN RAIN...BUT STORMS SHOULD WET UP BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. CLOUDS WILL REMAIN MOST OF TONIGHT
AND ANY SURFACE BASED INVERSION SHOULD BE SHALLOW AND WEAK.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50%) UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) BY 1600. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1500...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-90 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-19%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5 MPH INCREASING TO 10-13 MPH BY 1300.
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS
                    UP TO 40 MPH EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 2 UNTIL 1500...THEN 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......13700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0200...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5-10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP
                    TO 35 MPH EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CLEARING INDEX......1000+ DECREASING TO 100 BY 2100 AWAY FROM STORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 0200...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......13500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...JESSE BASSETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120805.BLIND.01/GJT