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Spot Forecast for Coulter Creek...Grand Junction Interagency Dispatch
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
1229 PM MDT Sun Aug 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1300 MDT on August 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Conditions today will be warm, dry, and somewhat breezy.
Winds will follow typical terrain driven patterns, with gusts up to
25 mph possible during the afternoon. Relative humidity values will
recover above 30 percent tonight, but will drop into the single digits
again by tomorrow afternoon. Strong southwesterly winds are expected
tomorrow afternoon, with sustained winds of 15-20 mph gusts up to 30 mph.
Critical fire weather conditions will persist through midweek, with
similar winds and low relative humidities each day.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....82-87.
Min humidity........10-15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8-12 mph, with gusts up to 20
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 13800 ft AGL by 1500.
Transport winds.....West 20 mph.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....45-50.
Max humidity........37-42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8-12 mph becoming north winds 4-8
                    mph by 2100. Shifting to the east by 2400. Gusts
                    up to 20 mph possible until 2000.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good decreasing to good by 1900, and to
                    poor (6000-7000 knot-ft) by 2000.
Mixing height.......11600 ft AGL decreasing to 1000 ft AGL by 2000.
Transport winds.....North 14 mph shifting to the east 10 mph
                    overnight.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....86-91.
Min humidity........6-11 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 4-8 mph shifting to the southwest
                    by 1100. Increasing to 8-12 mph by 1200, then
                    increasing to 14-18 mph by 1400. Gusts up to
                    30 mph possible in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6000-20000 knot-ft) increasing to good
                    by 1100 and to excellent by 1200
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL increasing to 14500 ft AGL by 1500.
Transport winds.....South 14 mph shifting to the southwest 21 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

$$
Forecaster...Brianna Bealo
Requested by...Kate Wood
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519152.0/GJT
.DELDT 08/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Kennedy@carbondalefire.org,COGJC@firenet.gov