Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO

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Spot Forecast for Highway 82 Search...Mountain Rescue Aspen - Pitkin County Sheriff
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
652 PM MDT Thu May 24 2018

Forecast is based on incident time of 1900 MDT on May 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Mainly clear skies expected in the morning with a few fair
weather clouds developing over the ridges by noon. Temperatures start
out in the lower 50s along the corridor...warming to the 65-75 range by
noon depending on elevation. The valley floor should be protected from
the WSW general winds so light downvalley in the morning should
transition to upvalley 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Ridgetop winds will
be in the 8 to 13 mph range from the Southwest.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....Lower 80s near Carbondale to near 70 McClure Pass.
Min humidity........16-21%.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Surface winds.......Downvalley winds 5 to 8 MPH, becoming upvalley by
                    early afternoon. Southwest 8 to 13 mph on the
                    ridgetops.

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Forecaster...Dennis Phillips
Requested by...Jeff Edelson
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 1810630.0/GJT
.EMAIL jedelson@mountainrescueaspen.org
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