FNUS75 KGJT 071629
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR PETER S POINT...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
929 AM MST THU MAR 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 MST ON MARCH 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT
MST SATURDAY NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...DEEP MOISTURE WILL STREAM OVER THE AREA BEGINNING
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AS A MAJOR WINTER STORM MOVES IN FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. RAIN SHOWERS WILL INCREASE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING POSSIBLE. AT TIMES RAIN MAY MIX
WITH OR CHANGE OVER SNOW OR ICE PELLETS THROUGH THE DAY. THEN
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY MID EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...BECOMING MORE INTERMITTENT LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON. THREE TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED AT THE
BURN SITE BY LATE SATURDAY...WITH ANOTHER INCH OR SO POSSIBLE
SATURDAY NIGHT.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (80-90%). SHOWERS BECOMING WIDESPREAD
                    DURING THE MORNING...AND THEN PERIODS OF
                    SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FROM
                    MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...
                    ESPECIALLY NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
                    WIND DIRECTION MAY BE MORE ERRATIC NEAR
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CLEARING INDEX......350 INCREASING TO 1050 IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 27 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 10-15 MPH...DIMINISHING LATE
                    IN THE EVENING AND BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    8-10 MPH OVERNIGHT.
CLEARING INDEX......1050 DECREASING TO 550 LATE IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1300-2400 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 22 MPH...BECOMING WEST 15 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%). WIDESPREAD SNOW...BECOMING
                    MORE SHOWERY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-38 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH UNTIL AROUND MID MORNING...
                    THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO
                    10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CLEARING INDEX......450 INCREASING TO 1050.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-3900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 18
                    MPH BY MIDDAY.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...PUL PLEMONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130308.PETER.01/GJT