Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO

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SPOT FORECAST FOR DISAPPOINTMENT RX...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
928 PM MST MON MAR 3 2014

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MST ON MARCH 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A TROUGH WILL MOVE OVERHEAD TODAY BRINGING PLENTY OF
CLOUD COVER AND A FEW SHOWERS. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH THE OCCASIONAL
SHOWERS WILL IMPROVE SMOKE DISPERSAL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80%). ISOLATED SHOWERS LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58 F.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34%.
20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST 7-12 MPH GUSTING TO 18 MPH AT
                    TIMES. WINDS TURNING MORE TO THE NORTHWEST
                    AFTER 1500.  WIND GUSTS COULD BE ERRATIC NEAR
                    SHOWERS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (LESS THAN 30,000 KNOT-FT) UNTIL 0900...
                    THEN INCREASING TO VERY GOOD BY 1400.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7900 FT AGL BY 1400.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN
                    BECOMING WEST 14 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...CHRIS CUOCO
REQUESTED BY...BRAD PIETRUSZKA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20140304.DISAP.01/GJT
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