FNUS75 KGJT 031808
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SALLYS...MIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1208 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1117 MDT ON OCTOBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR THE ON-SITE OBSERVATIONS. THEY HELP A LOT.

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE WINDS AND WINDS ALOFT WILL INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AS A DRY COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. THE FRONT
WILL REACH THE FIRE SITE AT ABOUT 2000 THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD
INCREASE FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND SHIFT
ABRUPTLY TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE FRONT
WILL REMAIN STATIONARY OVER SOUTHEAST UT AND SOUTHWEST CO THROUGH
THURSDAY...SO SURFACE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-16%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE UNTIL ABOUT 1 PM...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST 5-10 MPH INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH
                    AND GUSTING TO 20 MPH AFTER 1500.
CLEARING INDEX......1050.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-42 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........33-38%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH UNTIL ABOUT 2000
                    THEN SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH.
                    AFTER 2300...WINDS DECREASING TO NORTH 8-15 MPH.
                    AFTER 0300 BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......AFTER 2200...LOWERING TO 250.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH. AFTER 1200 BECOMING
                    WEST 10-15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......250 INCREASING TO 1050 BY 1300.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...CHRIS CUOCO
REQUESTED BY...IC MARCUM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121003.SALLY.01/GJT