FNUS75 KGJT 200348
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST COAL CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
948 PM MDT SUN AUG 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1640 MDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE BURN SITE TODAY
CAUSING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM APPROXIMATELY
NOON ONWARDS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS UNDER THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND STORMS. BY SUNSET MOST
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE OVER GIVING WAY TO CLEARING SKIES AND DRY
CONDITIONS TUESDAY.

.TODAY...


SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-76 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 12
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...JERRY CHONKA  IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120819.EASTC.02/GJT