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Spot Forecast for Goodenough Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
211 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MST on January 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Expect light northerly breezes through the period
becoming west to southwesterly Friday afternoon. Weather will
generally dry with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies, but can`t
rule out a stray light snow shower Thursday with no accumulation due
to the very cold air mass over the region. Temps will be ten degrees
below normal Thursday, warming to near normal Friday through the
weekend.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....22-27.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 12 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....2-7.
Max humidity........50-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7000-9000 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....37-42.
Min humidity........22-27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 mph shifting to the southwest in
                    the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (23000 knot-ft) increasing to fair in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 mph.

$$
Forecaster...David Byers
Requested by...Shawn Fix
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2501060.0/GJT
.DELDT 01/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL shawn.fix@usda.gov