FNUS75 KGJT 100146
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SINBAD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
746 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1911 MDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF THE TYPICAL LATE-DAY THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
THIS EVENING...OR AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE FLOW ALOFT REMAINS
LIGHT...THEREFORE SURFACE AND 20-FOOT WINDS WILL BE TERRAIN
DRIVEN. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
SEVERAL PERCENTAGE POINTS...WITH NUMBERS IN THE TEENS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

THE FLOW BECOMES SOUTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND INCREASES...BRINGING
ANOTHER INFLUX OF SUB TROPICAL MOISTURE. THEREFORE AN INCREASED
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%)...BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR
                    (20-30%) BY MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........33-38%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-5 MPH).
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20%)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY (30-40%) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-5 MPH) UNTIL 1200...
                    THEN UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH. (DUE TO THE BURN
                    LOCATION ON A SADDLE...WIND DIRECTION AT
                    TIMES MAY BE VARIABLE.)
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40%).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........28-33%.
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 20130709.SINBA.01/GJT