FNUS75 KGJT 241220
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BURNS...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
620 AM MDT FRI AUG 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0601 MDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT THE RAIN
YESTERDAY IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS WESTERN CENTRAL COLORADO.
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS POSSIBLE TODAY ESPECIALLY
AFTER 12 PM AS THE LOW MOVES OVER THE BURN SITE. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH CONTINUES DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND
POSSIBLE RAINFALL TODAY. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA
LATER TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR TOMORROW. SOME
SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TOMORROW BUT THEY SHOULD
STAY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-49%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN
                    THE MORNING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......50 INCREASING TO 900 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR.
CLEARING INDEX......450 DECREASING TO 100 IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......100 INCREASING TO 600.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...DURANGO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120824.BURNS.01/GJT