Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO
883 FNUS75 KGJT 100048 FWSGJT Spot Forecast for Jewell...BLM National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 648 PM MDT Tue Jul 9 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2300 MDT on July 09. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Showers or virga will continue to decrease through sunset but will still be capable of producing some gusty outflow winds until then. Otherwise Wednesday look like a carbon copy of today with mainly clear skies becoming partly cloudy near peak heating with isolated storms or virga developing. Gusty outflow winds and lightning will be the main threat with very low probability of wetting rainfall until next week. .REST OF TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-40 percent0 with isolated showers through sunset then clear (0-10 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Min temperature.....51-56. Max humidity........52-57 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 3 to 6 mph except gusty near showers or virga through sunset. Smoke dispersal.....Becoming poor (10000 knot-ft). Haines Index........5 or moderate. LAL.................1. Mixing height.......Less than 1200 ft AGL after sunset. Transport winds.....East 7 mph. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent) through 1300 then partly cloudy (20-40 percent) with isolated showers and thunderstorms possible. CWR.................0 percent. Max temperature.....89-94. Min humidity........11-16 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light terrain winds around 5 mph becoming North 7 to 12 mph by 1400. Smoke dispersal.....Increasing to very good by peak heating. Haines Index........6 or high. LAL.................1. Mixing height.......Increasing to 14000 ft AGL by peak heating. Transport winds.....East 11 mph shifting to the North at 15 mph after 1300. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Min temperature.....52-57. Max humidity........55-60 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Decreasing to poor (10000 knot-ft) overnight. Haines Index........6 or high. LAL.................1. Mixing height.......Decreasing to 1200 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....East 11 mph. $$ Forecaster...Dennis Phillips Requested by...kimberly youker Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2417700.0/GJT .DELDT 07/09/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL gcasey@blm.gov