FNUS75 KGJT 241522
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR ALMA TAYLOR PILES...UT-ASF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
922 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON OCTOBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT HAS MOVE THOUGH THE BURN AREA AND EXPECT THE WINDS
TO BECOME MORE NORTHERLY THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
AS THE COLD AIR DEEPENS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY
BEFORE DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY MID EVENING. INSTABILITY
WITH THE SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH SHOULD ALLOW FOR
GOOD CLEARING INDEX NUMBERS. WINDS ALOFT WILL LIGHTEN THROUGH THE
NIGHT AND ALLOW FOR FAIRLY STRONG SURFACE INVERSIONS AND POOR
CLEARING INDEX VALUES BY MIDNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND
                    15 MPH THROUGH MID MORNING BECOMING NORTH AT 7 TO
                    12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH BY LATE MORNING.
CLEARING INDEX......400 INCREASING TO 1050 BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS DECREASING IN
                    COVERAGE FROM MID EVENING ONWARD.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH...BECOMING TERRAIN
                    DRIVEN AT 5 MPH OR LESS AFTER SUNSET.
CLEARING INDEX......1050 DECREASING TO 200 OR LESS AFTER 1900.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...ZACH FARMER RXB3
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121024.ALMAT.01/GJT