FNUS75 KGJT 042259
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR HWY 13...UCR FIRE MGMT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
459 PM MDT THU OCT 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1635 MDT ON OCTOBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE DRY FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPEARED HUNG UP JUST SOUTH
OF THE FIRE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS NORTH OF
THE FRONT...AND WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SOUTH OF THE FRONT. THE
FRONT SHOULD PUSH SOUTH AGAIN TONIGHT AS AN UPPER DISTURBANCE
CLIPS NORTHWEST COLORADO TOWARD MORNING. THIS MAY KEEP SOME CLOUDS
AROUND TONIGHT BUT SHOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO DISRUPT THE FORMATION
OF SURFACE INVERSIONS. HEIGHT OF THE INVERSION WILL BE AROUND
8200 FEET MSL AT MIDNIGHT AND 9100 FEET MSL AT 0600 FRIDAY
MORNING. FRIDAY WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN TODAY BUT WITH GUSTY WINDS
AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST 7-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH UNTIL
                    1900...THEN DECREASING TO NORTHWEST 5 MPH BY
                    2100.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 7-12 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER 1300.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...ROSS WILMORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121004.HWY13.01/GJT