FNUS75 KGJT 160245
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR FRENCHMAN 3...STATE FFSL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
745 PM MST TUE JAN 15 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON JANUARY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK DISTURBANCE THAT BROUGHT SOME SNOW TO THE BURN SITE
OVERNIGHT WILL HAVE SHIFTED EASTWARD BY THIS MORNING AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN. AN INVERSION WILL SET UP TODAY AND PERSIST
THROUGH THE WEEKEND KEEPING SMOKE DISPERSAL MOSTLY IN THE POOR
CATEGORY. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE BITTERLY COLD THROUGH THE
PERIOD THOUGH THEY SHOULD SLOWLY WARM DAY BY DAY.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....10-15 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........56-61%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...REMAINING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (500-2100 KNOT-FT).
CLEARING INDEX......50.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...MARK MARCUM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130116.FRENC.01/GJT