Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO

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Spot Forecast for Turner Gulch Wildfire...Type 3 IMT
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
257 PM MDT Thu Jul 31 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Terrain based thunderstorms will wind down around dark tonight.
Gusty outflow winds will be around until storms decay. Gusts from
35 to 45 mph can be expected with any of these storms and showers.
Small hail will also be a concern around thunderstorms. Storm
coverage will diminish on Friday. Wetting rains will be possible
with storms throughout the period. Critical fire weather
conditions are expected to remain very localized around gusty
afternoon terrain winds.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....74-79.
Min humidity........15-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10-15 mph with gusts to around 25
                    mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good increasing to excellent in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL increasing to 11400 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 25 mph.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....48-53.
Max humidity........56-61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10-15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent decreasing to poor (0 knot-ft)
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......10500 ft AGL decreasing to 0 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest 21 mph becoming south 10 mph
                    overnight.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.


$$
Forecaster...Lucas Boyer
Requested by...Comms Trailer
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518688.4/GJT
.DELDT 07/31/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cstark@blm.gov,rob_gump@firenet.gov