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FNUS75 KGJT 220828
FWSGJT
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROBERTS BOTTOM...NWFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
228 AM MDT THU OCT 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1700 MDT ON OCTOBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
RAIN, RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THOUGH
GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED, GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM ANY
SHOWERS OR STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL STAY IN
THE POOR CATEGORY THROUGH THE DAY. PRECIPITATION CONTINUES
OVERNIGHT AND WILL END FRIDAY MORNING. SOME GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY WHICH WILL BRING SMOKE DISPERSAL TO
FAIR BY NOON, REACHING GOOD SHORTLY AFTER THAT. POOR RETURNS BY
4PM.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS
LIKELY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10000 KNOT-FT).
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......170.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...30 PERCENT.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS
THROUGH THE NIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........93-98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH OVERNIGHT. GUSTY
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5000-6000 KNOT-FT).
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......110.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...35 PERCENT.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-67.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR INCREASING TO GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5900 FT AGL IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 MPH.
CLEARING INDEX......400 INCREASING TO 650 IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
FORECASTER...TOM RENWICK
REQUESTED BY...JONNY JEW
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/22/26
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