FNUS75 KGJT 291959
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST FORK...KUSICKO TYPE 2 IMT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
159 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1300 MDT ON JUNE 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE WITH THE
CENTER OF THE HIGH JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE FOUR CORNERS. TRAPPED
MOISTURE CIRCULATING AROUND THE HIGH...AND HOT TEMPERATURES...WILL
CONTINUE TO FUEL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TERRAIN INDUCED CONVECTION
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MOISTURE WILL NOT BE OVERLY
PLENTIFUL...AND WILL BE HIGH BASED. THEREFORE DRY THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL
PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED ON
SUNDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN. DRY LIGHTNING IS AGAIN POSSIBLE.

.TODAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (60-70%). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...
                    SOME DRY WITH LITTLE RAIN EXPECTED.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AT 11000 FT: 68-73 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........AT 11000 FT: 18-23%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5-8 MPH...INCREASING TO 8-13 MPH
                    AFTER 1500 WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE. ANY
                    CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY (THUNDERSTORMS OR VIRGA)
                    WILL PRODUCE ERRATIC AND STRONG WIND GUSTS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................6.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (50-60%). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    POSSIBLE...LITTLE TO NO RAIN EXPECTED.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AT 11000 FT: 42-47 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........AT 11000 FT: 55-60%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH BY
                    2200. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                    DEVELOPING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS
                    MAY BE DRY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AT 11000 FT: 68-73 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........AT 11000 FT: 23-28%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 8-12 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................6.

$$
FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...DAVE LATTIMORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130629.EASTF.01/GJT