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AP-UT-GJT-UT SuppressionForecast
918
FNUS75 KGJT 030506
FWSGJT
SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOW BASIN RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1006 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2014
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1815 MST ON MARCH 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
.DISCUSSION...
WEST NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE BURN SITE THROUGH
TUESDAY. A PACIFIC DISTURBANCE WILL BE EXITING THE AREA THIS MORNING
WITH CLOUDS DEPARTING BY MIDDAY. MIXING CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
ONCE CLOUDS DEPART WITH CLEARING INDEX EXCEEDING 1000 BY EARLY
AFTERNOON.
.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 UNTIL 1100...THEN
BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-47 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........43-48%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
BY 1200. WINDS INCREASING TO 4-8 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 18 MPH AFTER 1400.
CLEARING INDEX......INCREASING TO 500 BY 1200 THEN CLIMBING TO OVER
1000 BY 1400.
$$
FORECASTER...JEFF COLTON
REQUESTED BY...BEN GARTHWAIT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20140302.WILLO.01/GJT
Delivered by Weather Underground Inc. Mon Mar 3 2014 12:06AM EST
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