FNUS75 KGJT 051910
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SNAGLETOOTH...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
110 PM MDT SUN AUG 5 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1248 MDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DEEPER MOISTURE MOVING NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST COLORADO
WILL REMAIN OVER THE FIRE SITE THROUGH MONDAY. INTITIAL THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS. BY
EVENING...LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE
STORMS. CLOUDS WILL REMAIN MUCH OF TONIGHT...AND SURFACE INVERSIONS
WILL BE FAIRLY SHALLOW AND WEAK. DRIER WEATHER RETURNS TUESDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0300...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-83%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 8-12 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH BY 2200.
                    ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2100...THEN DECREASING TO POOR
                    BY 2400.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 0300...THEN 2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 500 FT
                    AGL BY 2400 AWAY FROM STORMS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50%) UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1300...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5-10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN INCREASING TO GOOD
                    BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING TO
                    1100 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...MAHONEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120805.SNAGL.01/GJT