FNUS75 KGJT 111247 FWSGJT SPOT FORECAST FOR WALKER INCIDENT...PITKIN COUNTY SHERIFF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 647 AM MDT MON MAR 11 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0631 MDT ON MARCH 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...INCREASINGLY MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW COMBINED WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW TO THE SEARCH AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL PICK UP AS THE DAY PROGRESSES RESULTING IN SOME REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....26-31 F. MIN HUMIDITY........39-44%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND x09x09 20 MPH. INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO x09x09 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%). $$ FORECASTER...NORV LARSON REQUESTED BY...ALEX BURCHETTA TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20130311.WALKE.01/GJT