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Spot Forecast for Little Rock Machine Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
309 PM MST Wed Dec 6 2023

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MST on December 07. 
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A disturbance will move through the region later Thursday into
Friday, which will bring increasing winds and better mixing.
Combined with the chance of snow showers, especially on Friday, 
smoke dispersal looks to increase to good both afternoons.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Some sun in the morning, then becoming mostly 
                    cloudy (70-80 percent) in the afternoon. Slight 
                    chance of snow showers in the afternoon. 
CWR.................10 percent. 
Max temperature.....34-39. 
Min humidity........45-55 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 5 to 10 mph through
                    1100, then becoming upslope/upvalley (southwest
                    at ridgetops) and increasing to 10 to 20 mph
                    with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.  
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1100, then becoming good in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........2 or very low. 
LAL.................1. 
Mixing height.......Increasing to 4100 ft AGL by peak heating. 
Transport winds.....Southwest 20 to 30 mph. 

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Snow showers around
                    through the day.
CWR.................30 percent. 
Max temperature.....21-26. 
Min humidity........65-75 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 5 to 10 mph through
                    1100, then becoming upslope/upvalley (northwest
                    at ridgetops) and increasing to 10 to 15 mph
                    with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1100, then becoming good in the
                    afternoon.
Haines Index........3 or very low. 
LAL.................1. 
Mixing height.......Increasing to 4000 ft AGL by peak heating. 
Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 25 mph. 

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Forecaster...Mark Miller
Requested by...Chris Green
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2326582.0/GJT
.DELDT 12/06/23
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL chrisopher.e.green@usda.gov