FNUS75 KGJT 082140
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR PETERS POINT...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
240 PM MST FRI MAR 8 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST ON MARCH 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION TO THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL PULL
A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION IN THE AFTERNOON AND BRING SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND TO THE WEST THEN NORTHWEST THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS. NUMEROUS TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE
DAY THOUGH WITH THE BETTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AHEAD OF AND
WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. DRIER AIR WILL WORK IN BEHIND THE FRONT
SATURDAY EVENING WITH THE SNOW SHOWERS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AND
CLEARER SKIES MOVING IN. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES BY SUNRISE SUNDAY WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WITH WINDS MIXING OUT TO THE NORTH BY
LATE MORNING.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%) WITH SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 38 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH THROUGH NOON BECOMING
                    WEST THEN NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH BY 1400 MST.
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH POSSIBLY AFTER 1200 MST.
CLEARING INDEX......AROUND 700 THROUGH 1000 MST THEN INCREASING 1050 BY
                    NOON MST.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) WITH SCATTERED THROUGH THE
                    EVENING. THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) WITH
                    ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 20 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH SHIFTING IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING NORTH
                    AT 5 MPH OR LESS OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD THROUGH MID EVENING THEN DECREASING TO POOR
                    OVERNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40 F.
20-FOOT WINDS.......TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS AT 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH BY EARLY
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...PAUL PLEMONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130309.PETER.01/GJT