FNUS75 KGJT 090358
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CATHEDRAL...CRAIG DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
958 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2116 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY AIR WILL SLOWLY BE REPLACED BY THE NEXT WEAK SURGE OF MONSOONAL
MOISTURE THROUGH THE LATE WEEK PERIOD. THIS WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS
ON THURSDAY. MOST OF THE MOISTURE WILL BE ALOFT SO THE MAIN CONCERN
FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WITH ONLY LIGHT
RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER
TONIGHT AND WITH MOST OF THE MOISTURE REMAINING ALOFT...WILL DROP
INTO THE MID TEENS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN WELL
ABOVE NORMAL.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85 TO 88 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNVALLEY WINDS AT 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 8 TO 13 MPH
                    BY EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1 IN THE MORNING THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...VERA IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120808.CATHE.01/GJT