FNUS75 KGJT 181029
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR PTARMIGAN PILES...VAIL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
429 AM MDT THU APR 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH MIDDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE MOST RECENT STORM. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BEGIN TO STABILIZE THIS AFTERNOON...AND EXPECT
SNOW TO SETTLE QUICKLY TOWARD EVENING. FAST WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT DISTURBANCE TIMED TO
IMPACT THE BURN AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100%) UNTIL 1200...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    (70-80%). SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 1200...THEN
                    ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....20-23 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-52%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 10-14 MPH AFTER 1100.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (34800 KT-FT) BECOMING FAIR AT 1200 AND
                    INCREASING GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN HE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH INCREASING TO 18 MPH AFTER 1200.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....5-10 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST 10-13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5
                    MPH AFTER 2100.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL LOWERING TO 500 FT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 22 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-33 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 14 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5100-25000 KT-FT) UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR
                    INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL AT 1200 INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH INCREASING TO 18 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...T  TALBOT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130418.PTARM.01/GJT