FNUS75 KGJT 080310
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SINBAD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
910 PM MDT SUN JUL 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2013 MDT ON JULY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A GRADUAL DRYING TREND WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY. HOWEVER
ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL LINGER FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. BY TUESDAY...THE DRYING WILL
BE MORE PRONOUNCED...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED TO
FALL TO...OR BELOW 15 PERCENT. THE FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN ON THE
LIGHT SIDE...SO THE MORE TYPICAL TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS WILL
DOMINATE. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE LATE IN THE DAY ON MONDAY
WHEN THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW MAY OVER-POWER THE UPSLOPE WINDS.

.MONDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%)...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE. BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
                    4-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS MAY DOMINATE SURFACE AND
                    20-FOOT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.


.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2300.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2 UNTIL 2300...THEN 1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (30-40%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-92 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE. AFTER 1300 BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...KATIE WHALEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130707.SINBA.01/GJT