FNUS75 KGJT 082309
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SINBAD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
509 PM MDT MON JUL 8 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1623 MDT ON JULY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE LA SAL
MOUNTAINS UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF STORMS
DRIFTING OVER THE BURN SITE. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GENERALLY
LIGHT RAIN...AND STRONG AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS. THUNDERSTORM
OUTFLOWS FROM STORMS OVER NEARBY HIGHER TERRAIN MAY ALSO REACH THE
BURN SITE. THE DRYING TREND BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED ON TUESDAY FOR
A DOWNTURN IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A COUPLE
DEGREES.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%). AT TIMES BEFORE
                    MIDNIGHT...SKIES MAY BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    (60-70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 3-7 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE
                    (0-5 MPH) AT SUNSET. HOWEVER AS THUNDERSTORMS
                    DEVELOP...WINDS MAY AT TIMES BECOME DOMINATED
                    BY ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.

.TUESDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30%) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (30-40%).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-5 MPH) UNTIL 1400...
                    THEN BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH. (DUE
                    TO THE BURN LOCATION ON A SADDLE...WIND
                    DIRECTION AT TIMES MAY BE VARIABLE.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY NIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........25-30%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-5 MPH).
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.



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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...DUCKIE DRAKE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130708.SINBA.01/GJT