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Spot Forecast for tincup piles...usfs
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
515 AM MST Fri Dec 5 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MST on December 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Low to mid clouds today with scattered light snow
showers and generally light terain-driven winds. A stronger winter
storm moves in early Saturday with moderate to heavy snow showers
and gusty winds producing blowing snow. Expect 3-7 inches snow by
Sunday morning with 12-18 inches on the mountains in the area. In
the area of the prescribed burn, there may be more snow than
expected due to snow blowing off the mountains to the west.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Scattered snow
                    showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....19-24.
Min humidity........65-70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 3-6 mph becoming north, up valley
                    at 3-6 mph in the late morning to afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair increasing to good in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 24 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Isolated snow
                    showers in the evening, then snow showers
                    overnight.
CWR.................40 percent.
Min temperature.....7-12.
Max humidity........90-95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South, down valley winds 3-6 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (16000-23000 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 18 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Patchy blowing snow.
                    Snow showers.
CWR.................70 percent.
Max temperature.....22-27.
Min humidity........67-72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 18 mph gusting to around 40 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good increasing to excellent in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 40 mph.

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Forecaster...David Byers
Requested by...carl hanley
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526810.3/GJT
.DELDT 12/05/25
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.EMAIL carl.hanley@usda.gov