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Spot Forecast for Waters Canyon...BIA / NPS / USFS
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
426 PM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...

.DISCUSSION...Winds will remain elevated through this evening as a
trough moves through with low relative humidity in the single
digits and critical fire weather conditions. On Sunday, winds will
be much less than previous days but gusty northwest to west winds
will be in place with localized critical fire weather conditions
on the back edge of the exiting trough. Dry northwest flow remains
in place through early next week as high pressure builds to the
west with lighter winds aloft and no wetting rains expected.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Areas of smoke in
                    the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....86-91.
Min humidity........6-11 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 12 mph shifting to the west
                    10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good increasing to excellent in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL increasing to 12400 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 18 mph.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....53-58.
Max humidity........24-29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph
                    in the early evening, shifting to the northeast
                    8 to 12 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent decreasing to poor (6000 knot-ft)
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......12200 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL
                    overnight.
Transport winds.....North 16 mph.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....87-92.
Min humidity........5-10 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 mph increasing to west 10 to 15 mph
                    with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Good increasing to excellent in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8100 ft AGL increasing to 13100 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast 10 mph shifting to the northwest 16
                    mph in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

$$
Forecaster...Matt Aleksa
Requested by...COUMA
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519505.2/GJT
.DELDT 08/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL victoria_payne@firenet.gov,john_cervantes@firenet.gov,julian.redbuffalo@bia.gov,clint.mendenhall@usda.gov