FNUS75 KGJT 122257
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MILK CREEK...GRAND JUNCTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
457 PM MDT FRI JUL 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1626 MDT ON JULY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL RIO
BLANCO COUNTY...WITH RADAR TIMING IT TO MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE
BETWEEN 1740 AND 1830 MDT. EXPECT GUSTY WEST WINDS WITH THIS
BOUNDARY...WHICH MAY ALSO GENERATE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
OTHERWISE...EXPECT A CONTINUATION OF THE MONSOON PATTERN OF MAINLY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY.
LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED.

.TODAY UNTIL 2000 MDT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5-7 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
                    ERRATIC WINDS GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 23 MPH.

.TONIGHT AFTER 2000 MDT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-72%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5-7 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY BY
                    2400. ERRATIC WINDS GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2400...THEN 2.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 19 MPH DECREASING TO 10 MPH BY 2400.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50%) UNTIL 1300...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200 BECOMING NUMEROUS AFTER
                    1600.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 4-6 MPH AFTER 1100. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130712.MILKC.01/GJT