FNUS75 KGJT 060538
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR WAGON CANYON...UT-UOA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1138 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2152 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE WILL DROP SOUTHEASTWARD
ACROSS IDAHO AND MONTANA TODAY AND INTO THE PLAINS STATES ON
FRIDAY. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE UTAH/WYOMING
BORDER BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL ONLY BRUSH THE TAVAPUTS
PLATEAU AS MOST OF THE COLDER PUSH TRACKS SOUTHWARD EAST OF THE
ROCKY MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP AHEAD OF
THESE DISTURBANCES AND MAY APPROACH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HOWEVER CLOUD COVER DUE TO INCREASED MID AND
UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE MAY INHIBIT THE WINDS. AND AS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL INCREASE. A
COOLER AND MORE STABLE NORTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY.

.THURSDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%)...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    (60-70%) IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH AND INCREASING TO
                    8-14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER 1300. FOR
                    BRIEF PERIODS WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 25 MPH.
                    WINDS BECOMING WEST TOWARDS SUNSET.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4.

.THURSDAY NIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 8-12 MPH WITH GUSTS 15-20 MPH
                    DIMINISHING BY 2200...THEN BECOMING NORTH
                    4-8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST LATE IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTH 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...LIND--IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120905.WAGON.01/GJT