FNUS75 KGJT 122324
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR SINBAD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
524 PM MDT FRI JUL 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1638 MDT ON JULY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FIRE
SITE THROUGH SATURDAY. MORE STABLE AIR BEHIND RAIN EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON WILL LIMIT STORM COVERAGE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT
KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY STILL FOR ISOLATED STORMS. HUMIDITY SHOULD
BRIEFLY DIP LATE TODAY AS WELL. BUT...ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING
ANOTHER ROUND SCATTERED PRECIPITATION THE REGION LATER THIS
EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FROM
THUNDERSTORMS. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY IS
EXPECTED.

.TODAY UNTIL 2000 MDT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70%)...OCCASIONALLY PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (50%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-36%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5-8 MPH. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS UP TO
                    35 MPH POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................2.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 MPH.

.TONIGHT AFTER 2000 MDT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0100...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH 5 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH
                    AFTER 0100. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 35 MPH
                    ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 0100...THEN 2.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AFTER 1200...BECOMING
                    NUMEROUS AFTER 1600.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-34%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH AFTER 1200. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 4.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH AFTER 1200.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...RACHEL CRESTO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130712.SINBA.01/GJT