FNUS75 KGJT 202338
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR COLLINS...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
538 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1710 MDT ON JUNE 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS BELOW 7000 FEET...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS BELOW 7000 FEET...

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG GRADIENT SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL IN PLACE LATE TODAY WILL NOT
CHANGE FOR FRIDAY. SOME GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH STILL BEING REPORTED
AT HUNTER RAWS SITE AND THIS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR FIRE SITE
THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SUNSET SHOULD ALLOW THE TERRAIN
BASED WINDS TO SET UP...POSSIBLE A NORTH TO NORTHEAST DIRECTION
AT 4 TO 8 MPH. MIXING BY MID TO LATE MORNING ON FRIDAY WILL ONCE
AGAIN ALLOW THE STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS TO MIX DOWN AND BECOME
GUSTY. THIS WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE FIRE
SITE AS HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER TEENS TO SINGLE
DIGITS AGAIN.

.THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 80S FALLING
                    INTO THE MID 60S BY MIDNIGHT WITH MINS
                    NEAR 50 F BY SUNRISE.
MAX HUMIDITY........SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY READINGS EARLY THIS
                    EVENING SLOWLY RECOVERING TO 17-22% BY SUNRISE.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    25 TO 30 MPH NEAR RIDGE TOPS THROUGH 1900 THEN
                    DECREASING TO 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER SUNSET AND
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH THROUGH 1900 THEN 5.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-84 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-11%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH THROUGH 1000
                    THEN INCREASING AND TURNING SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15
                    TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...DENNIS PHILLIPS
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130620.COLLI.01/GJT