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Spot Forecast for Gunnison SWA Piles...DFPC
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
852 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 MST on February 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Brisk post-frontal winds aided by deep mixing will
bring very good smoke dispersal during the afternoon. Inversions
shut mixing down tonight. Increased cloud cover ahead of the next
winter storm will make it difficult to break inversions on
Thursday so dispersal is expected to remain poor.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....13-18.
Min humidity........37-42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 13 to 18 mph with gusts to around
                    30 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Increasing to very good.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL at peak heating.
Transport winds.....West 28 mph.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....14 below-9 below.
Max humidity........88-93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest
                    10 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Becoming poor (10000-18000 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......Lowering to 1200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 13 mph.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Patchy fog in the
                    morning. Chance of snow showers in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....23-28.
Min humidity........32-37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    southeast in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6000-9000 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL at peak heating.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 mph shifting to the southwest in
                    the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

$$

Forecaster...Norv Larson
Requested by...Joe Duensing
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/12/25
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.EMAIL joe.duensing@state.co.us