FNUS75 KGJT 190347
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR DISAPPOINTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
947 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

DISCUSSION...DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINDS
WILL SETTLE LATE THIS EVENING BUT STRENGTHEN AGAIN BY MID TO LATE
MORNING ON WEDNESDAY AS SHALLOW INVERSIONS MIX OUT. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON AND WILL LAST THROUGH EVENING. A DRY
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHWEST COLORADO WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND
SHIFT WINDS TO MORE WESTERLY AFTER ABOUT 2100. LITTLE CHANGE IN
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY FOR WEDNESDAY.

.TONIGHT...

   WEATHER..............CLEAR (0-10%).
   MIN TEMPERATURE......50-55 F.
   MAX HUMIDITY.........19-25%
   20-FT WINDS..........SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH
                        DECREASING TO 5-10 MPH BY 2300.
   MIXING HEIGHT........DECREASING TO 1000-1500 FT AGL BY 2300.
   TRANSPORT WINDS......SOUTHWEST 20 MPH DECREASING TO 10 MPH BY
2300.
   SMOKE DISPERSION.....BECOMING POOR.
   HAINES INDEX.........6 HIGH
   LAL..................1

.WEDNESDAY...

   WEATHER..............SUNNY (0-10%)
   MAX TEMPERATURE......85-89 F.
   MIN HUMIDITY.........4-8%
   20-FT WINDS..........SOUTH 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING
                        TO SOUTHWEST 18-23 MPH BY 1200. GUSTS TO
                        25 MPH AFTER 1000...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
                        AFTER 1200.
   MIXING HEIGHT........13000 FT AGL AFTER 1300.
   TRANSPORT WINDS......SOUTHWEST 25 MPH AFTER 1100 INCREASING TO
                        37 MPH BY 1300.
   SMOKE DISPERSION.....FAIR AFTER 0930 BECOMING EXCELLENT BY 1200.
   HAINES INDEX.........6 HIGH
   LAL..................1

FORECASTER...DANIELS

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