FNUS75 KGJT 271438
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAGERMAN PEAK RECOVERY...MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASPEN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
838 AM MDT MON AUG 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0802 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER WESTERN COLORADO
THROUGH TODAY AS MONSOONAL FLOW CONTINUES TO ROTATE AROUND A HIGH
PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED OVER COLORADO. THEREFORE THE CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE. THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AT TIMES SHOWERS MAY RESULT IN REDUCED
VISIBILITY AND MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    DEVELOPING BY MID MORNING...WITH ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 0-3 MPH UNTIL 1000...
                    THEN BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 0-5 MPH.
                    HOWEVER...AT TIMES OUTFLOW WINDS FROM
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DOMINATE
                    SURFACE WINDS. THESE WILL BE VARIABLE IN
                    DIRECTION WITH WIND SPEEDS UP TO 10-15 MPH
                    FOR SHORT PERIODS...AND GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    POSSIBLE.
LAL.................4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING TO
                    9300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...JEFF EDELSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20120827.HAGER.01/GJT