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Spot Forecast for Mill Creek Piles Rx...Usfs
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
553 PM MDT Tue Mar 25 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MDT on March 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A ridge of high pressure will bring warm and dry
conditions Wednesday and Thursday. Winds increase Thursday ahead
of deepening trough over the West Coast. Most importantly,
sunshine both days will lead to deep mixing and clearing indices
reaching 500 by noon and peaking near 1,000 each afternoon.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....61-66.
Min humidity........17-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 13 mph shifting to the west
                    with occasional gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 9900 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 mph.
Clearing Index......Increasing to 500 by noon then peaking at 990
                    at peak heating.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....42-47.
Max humidity........34-39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 15 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 50 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....South 13 mph.
Clearing Index......Decreasing to 50 overnight.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....61-66.
Min humidity........15-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. South winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to
                    the southwest and increasing to 15 to 20 mph
                    with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Climbing to 500 by 1100, then increasing to
                    9700 ft AGL at peak heating.
Transport winds.....Southwest 19 mph.
Clearing Index......800 increasing to 1000+ in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

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Forecaster...Norv Larson
Requested by...Timothy Spurr
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2507921.0/GJT
.DELDT 03/25/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL timothy.spurr@usda.gov