FNUS75 KGJT 220059
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR DRIPPINFG SPRINGS...ASF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
659 PM MDT THU MAR 21 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1831 MDT ON MARCH 21. IF
CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER FAST MOVING DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO
GENERATE SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE FIRE SITE DURING
THE LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN
BY EARLY AFTERNOON FOLLOWING AN OVERNIGHT LULL.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....15-20 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO
x09x09    5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 2100.
CLEARING INDEX......1050 DECREASING TO 150.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000-2500 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-38 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO
x09x09    23 MPH BY 1300...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH AT
x09x09    TIMES.
CLEARING INDEX......200 INCREASING TO 1050.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NORV LARSON
REQUESTED BY...ZACK FARMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130321.DRIPP.01/GJT