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Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO

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Spot Forecast for Canyon Country Admin Tumbleweed...BLM
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
1101 AM MDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 MDT on April 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Expect light terrain driven winds Monday and Tuesday
with mostly clear skies becoming partly cloudy Monday night into
Tuesday. Weather will be dominated by a ridge building in overhead
resulting in shallow morning inversions that will break in the late
morning each day (likely after 1000L). Weather will remain dry with
temperatures climbing into the 80`s by the end of the week.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....62-67.
Min humidity........13-18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 mph shifting to the west in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (31000 knot-ft) increasing to good in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL increasing to 7300 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 mph.
Clearing Index......320 increasing to 850 in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....43-48.
Max humidity........27-32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good decreasing to poor (17000 knot-ft)
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL decreasing to 1300 ft AGL
                    overnight.
Transport winds.....South 15 mph.
Clearing Index......900 decreasing to 170 overnight.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....66-71.
Min humidity........13-18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10 mph shifting to the west in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (39000 knot-ft) increasing to very good in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL increasing to 9600 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 10 mph shifting to the west 16 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Clearing Index......390 increasing to 1050 in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

$$
Forecaster...David Byers
Requested by...Jonny Jew
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508875.0/GJT
.DELDT 04/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jjew@blm.gov