FNUS75 KGJT 061953
FWSGJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR KODIAK...CRC DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
153 PM MDT TUE AUG 6 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1324 MDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN NORTHEAST UTAH AND FAR NORTHWEST
COLORADO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...WITH AN INCREASED CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BURN SITE BY AROUND 1600. STORMS WILL THEN
DIMINISH BY SUNSET.

A DISTURBANCE MOVING FROM THE SOUTH WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. WHILE THIS DISTURBANCE WILL
STAY SOUTH OF THE BURN...ITS ASSOCIATED MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO
NORTHWEST COLORADO. THEREFORE THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING
SO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.REST OF TODAY (UNTIL SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...INCREASING TO
                    SCATTERED STORMS AFTER 1600.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-84 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-16%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20
                    MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT (AFTER SUNSET)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55 F.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-5 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................2.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60%) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE (0-4 MPH) UNTIL 1100...THEN
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................4.

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FORECASTER...ELLEN HEFFERNAN
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130806.KODIA.02/GJT