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Spot Forecast for Babylon...USFS
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
706 AM MDT Tue Aug 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on August 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Look for temperatures about 5 degrees above normal
with breezy southwest wings with gusts to 15 to 20 mph. Weather
will be dry today with only a slight chance (15%) for showers and
thunderstorms tomorrow. Chances for precip increases through the
week with chances over 50% by Saturday. Lightning will be the
primary threat with outflow gusts to 40 mph from thunderstorms.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....86-91.
Min humidity........20-25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 mph with gusts to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good.
Mixing height.......11500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 12 mph.
Clearing Index......1010.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....65-70.
Max humidity........38-43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good decreasing to poor (5000 knot-ft)
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......10300 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL
                    overnight.
Transport winds.....West 11 mph.
Clearing Index......1050 decreasing to 50 overnight.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....86-91.
Min humidity........20-25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 mph with gusts to 18 mph.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good increasing to very good in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......12500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 mph.
Clearing Index......640 increasing to 1050 in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 60s. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows around 60.
Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 10 mph.

$$
Forecaster...David Byers
Requested by...Dea Funka
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619912.0/GJT
.DELDT 08/18/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dea.funka@usda.gov