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Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO

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Spot Forecast for BIGHORN FIRE...Vail Fire Department
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
236 PM MST Sun Nov 1 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 MST on November 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...An area of moisture continues to lift up across the
region through tonight. Rain showers, with isolated thunderstorms,
will enhance rainfall rates and increase the chances of wetting rains.
Gusty and erratic winds are expected near any thunderstorms. Warmer
airmass rains today, will mix with snow Monday as winds trend westward
while much colder air filters into the region.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers and
                    slight chance of thunderstorms.
CWR.................80 percent.
Max temperature.....52-57.
Min humidity........52-57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 mph.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Rain showers in the
                    evening. Slight chance of thunderstorms through
                    the night. Snow showers with rain showers
                    likely overnight.
CWR.................80 percent.
Min temperature.....29-34.
Max humidity........95-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 mph shifting to the west
                    overnight. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8000-24000 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 mph.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Snow
                    showers through the day. Rain showers in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................80 percent.
Max temperature.....38-43.
Min humidity........68-73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 21 mph.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.

$$
Forecaster...Scott Rozanski
Requested by...Taylor Ulery
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2625003.0/GJT
.DELDT 11/01/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tulery@vail.gov