FNUS75 KGJT 062059
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHAINING...MONTROSE DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
259 PM MDT SAT OCT 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1434 MDT ON OCTOBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG INVERSIONS WILL SET UP OVERNIGHT WITH WINDS SUBSIDING AND
BECOMING DOWNSLOPE AND DOWNVALLEY. A DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH
TONIGHT WILL USHER IN COOLER AIR AND STABLE CONDITIONS FOR
TOMORROW. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN DRY WITH HUMIDITY READINGS
DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AGAIN ON SUNDAY. LOCALLY BREEZY WINDS WILL
OCCUR WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
AS STRONG AS THEY WERE TODAY HOWEVER.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........29-34%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MIKE CHAMBERLAIN/MATT ALEKSA
REQUESTED BY...RYAN MCCULLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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