FNUS75 KGJT 301400
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUFF PASS ADMIN PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
800 AM MDT TUE OCT 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON OCTOBER 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A BROAD RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE REGION TODAY.
AS A RESULT WINDS ALOFT WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT. THEREFORE SMOKE
DISPERSAL WILL ONLY REACH INTO THE FAIR CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON.
A SUNNY AND WARM DAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CLEAR NIGHTTIME SKIES.

.TODAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST. INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING
                    TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 MPH.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (LESS THAN 100 KNOT-FT).
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...LANCE BROYLES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121030.BUFFP.01/GJT