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Spot Forecast for Green Ridge Fire...Colorado IMT
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
119 PM MDT Fri Jul 17 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 MDT on July 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION... Daily showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and
evening continue. Today and tomorrow chances of precipitation
peak around 30% in the mid afternoon, and will gradually diminish
through the evening. Wetting rain is possible but unlikely during
the weekend, but chances increase beginning Monday afternoon.
Gusts are generally expected to be on the lighter side, but nearby
showers and thunderstorms could produce strong outflow winds
above 35 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....81-86.
Min humidity........23-28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 4 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 15 mph.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair increasing to good in the late afternoon.
Mixing height.......10500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 10 mph.
Chance of thunder...15 percent.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (15-25 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
CWR.................10 percent.
Min temperature.....53-58.
Max humidity........60-65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 mph shifting to the southeast
                    overnight. Gusts up to 15 mph. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Smoke dispersal.....Good decreasing to poor (5000 knot-ft)
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......9500 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 mph.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....80-85.
Min humidity........24-29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 4 to 8 mph. Gusts up to 15 mph.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair by noon briefly increasing to good in the
mid afternoon.
Mixing height.......7400 ft AGL increasing to 10300 ft AGL by peak
                    heating.
Transport winds.....East 10 mph.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.

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Forecaster...Gillian Felton
Requested by...Larry Long
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617401.2/GJT
.DELDT 07/17/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tcampbell@grandfire.org,lawrence.long719@gmail.com