Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO

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Spot Forecast for Eagle Vail Pile...Eagle Valley Eildland
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
110 PM MST Tue Feb 4 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 MST on February 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Southwesterly flow aloft will continue to advect
warm air into the region with mid and high level clouds. Stronger
winds and warm air aloft will promote deep mixing to result in
breezy afternoons and good to very good smoke dispersal. Some
light showers are possible Wednesday but should remain pretty
sparse in coverage.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....45-50.
Min humidity........28-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 4500 ft AGL by mid afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 mph.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....27-32.
Max humidity........70-75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (25000-32000 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 1800 ft AGL or less after sunset.
Transport winds.....Southwest 19 mph.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of snow
                    showers through the day.
CWR.................10 percent.
Max temperature.....39-44.
Min humidity........40-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around
                    30 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 5400 ft AGL by mid afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 28 mph.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

$$
Forecaster...Matt Aleksa
Requested by...Bear Opitz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2502259.0/GJT
.DELDT 02/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bopitz@eagleriverfire.org