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Spot Forecast for Stoner Mesa...San Juan IMT8
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
503 PM MDT Tue Aug 5 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 MDT on August 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...

.DISCUSSION...Hot, dry and windy conditions will continue through
the week with Red Flag Warnings in effect today as well as
Thursday and Friday. A chance for dry thunderstorms exists
Wednesday with dry lightning and gusty outflow winds posing a risk
to crews and potential fire starts. Wetting rains are not
expected.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....70-75.
Min humidity........8-13 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
                    to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent.
Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 21 mph.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Areas of smoke
                    through the night.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....48-53.
Max humidity........40-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 20
                    mph, shifting to the south-southeast 8 to 12
                    mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent decreasing to poor (0 knot-ft)
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......8900 ft AGL decreasing to 0 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 mph becoming south 10 mph
                    overnight.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Areas of smoke in
                    the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....71-76.
Min humidity........17-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 12 mph shifting to the west 10
                    to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 9900 ft AGL by peak heating.
Transport winds.....West 22 mph.
Chance of thunder...10 percent.

$$
Forecaster...Matt Aleksa
Requested by...Bruno Rodriguez
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519389.0/GJT
.DELDT 08/05/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL lance.martin@usda.gov,patrick.seekins@usda.gov,nancy_masters@firenet.gov,bruno.rodriguez@noaa.gov