FNUS75 KGJT 180103
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILD-HACKING COMPLEX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
703 PM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL 10 PM MDT
THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST UNTIL SUNDOWN THIS
EVENING AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS.
WIND WILL TRANSITION TO DOWNSLOPE BY LATE EVENING. DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW
WILL STRENGTHEN ON TUESDAY AS A LARGE LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY. EXPECT LESSER HUMIDITY RECOVERY TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

   WEATHER..............PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) UNTIL 2100...THEN
                        MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10%). ISOLATED SHOWER OR
                        DRY THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 2100.
   MIN TEMPERATURE......51-56 F.
   MAX HUMIDITY.........35-40%
   20-FT WINDS..........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                        UNTIL 2000...THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                        5 MPH BY 2200.  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                        NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
   HAINES INDEX.........6 HIGH
   LAL..................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.

.TUESDAY...
   WEATHER..............MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%).
   MAX TEMPERATURE......80-84 F.
   MIN HUMIDITY.........8-13%
   20-FT WINDS..........DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN BECOMING
                        UPSLOPE 5 MPH. AFTER 1200...SOUTHWEST
                        8-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
   HAINES INDEX.........6 HIGH
   LAL..................1

.TUESDAY NIGHT...
   WEATHER..............CLEAR (O-10%).
   MIN TEMPERATURE......51-56 F.
   MAX HUMIDITY.........20-25%
   20-FT WINDS..........SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
                        UNTIL 2100...THEN SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH WITH
                        GUSTS TO 20 MPH OVER RIDGETOPS. BECOMING
                        DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH IN THE DEEPER CANYONS BY
                        2400.
   HAINES INDEX.........6 HIGH
   LAL..................1

FORECASTER...DANIELS

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REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE