FNUS75 KGJT 171721
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR MILK CREEK...GRAND JUNCTION DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1121 AM MDT WED JUL 17 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1055 MDT ON JULY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...NOT MUCH CHANGE IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY
AS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE BURN AREA. EXPECT THE
TYPICAL PATTERN OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE
AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. STORMS
WILL BE SLOW MOVERS AND CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30%) BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (50-60%) BY 1300...AND MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%)
                    BY 1500. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER 1200...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-32%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 MPH. OCCASIONAL SOUTHWEST
                    GUSTS TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) UNTIL 2300...THEN
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2200...THEN
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-56 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH AFTER 2100.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4 UNTIL 2200...THEN 2.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%) UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%) BY 1500. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-35%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH UNTIL 1600...THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 MPH. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 4.

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FORECASTER...JIM DANIELS
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130717.MILKC.01/GJT