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Spot Forecast for Waters Canyon...BIA / NPS / USFS
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
417 PM MDT Fri Aug 8 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY
WINDS LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...

.DISCUSSION...

Critical fire weather conditions are again expected over the spot
location tomorrow. Relative humidities will near or reach single
digits, and although winds look to begin decreasing tomorrow,
gusts may still reach 25-30 mph during the afternoon. Overnight
winds are expected to be calm though. Things calm down some on
Sunday, though localized critical fire weather conditions are
still likely across southwestern Colorado.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....88-93.
Min humidity........6-11 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 3-8 mph in the morning increasing
                    to 12-17 mph with gusts to 30 mph by noon.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent.
Mixing height.......13200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 mph increasing to 24 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....58-63.
Max humidity........24-29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10-15 mph with gusts to 28 mph in
                    the evening becoming north 3-8 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent decreasing to poor (5000 knot-ft)
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......12500 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL
                    overnight.
Transport winds.....West 24 mph becoming north 10 mph overnight.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

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Forecaster...Braeden Winters
Requested by...COUMA
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/08/25
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.EMAIL john_cervantes@firenet.gov,julian.redbuffalo@bia.gov,clint.mendenhall@usda.gov,victoria_payne@firenet.gov