UTZ486-291000- UTZ486-291000- Eastern Uinta Basin- 310 PM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024 Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Wrn Colorado and Ern Utah National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 310 PM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024 .DISCUSSION... This is an automatically generated forecast with no discussion. The normal Fire Weather Forecast will resume in its entirety in the spring. ...GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS... ...THE SMOKE DATA IS CALCULATED FROM AN AVERAGE AT 6000 FEET MSL... .Tonight... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80%). Near 6000 feet, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Near 8000 feet, patchy blowing snow until 2400, scattered snow showers. Min temperature.....24-34 F. 24 hr trend......3 degrees warmer. Max humidity........78-93%. 24 hr trend......22% wetter. 20-foot winds.......Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the evening becoming downslope/downvalley 3 to 6 mph by sunset. CWR.................50 percent. LAL.................2 until 2400, then 1. Haines Index........3 or very low. Mixing Height.......6000 ft AGL until 1900, then 1500 ft AGL. Transport Winds.....Northwest 10 to 15 mph until 2400, then northeast. Clearing Index......950 until 2000, then less than 500. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80%). Near 6000 feet, scattered showers until 1200, isolated showers after 1200. Near 8000 feet, scattered snow showers until 1200, isolated snow showers after 1200. Max temperature.....39-49 F near 6000 feet 29-39 F near 8000 feet. 24 hr trend......5 degrees cooler. Min humidity........49-59% near 6000 feet 58-73% near 8000 feet. 24 hr trend......27% wetter. 20-foot winds.......Downslope/downvalley 3 to 6 mph becoming upslope/upvalley 4 to 8 mph by 1100. CWR.................50 percent. LAL.................1. Haines Index........3 or very low. Mixing Height.......4500 ft AGL. Transport Winds.....East 5 mph until 1200, then southwest. Clearing Index......Less than 500. .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80%). Near 6000 feet, isolated thunderstorms until 2400. Scattered showers. Near 8000 feet, numerous snow showers until 2400, then scattered snow showers, patchy blowing snow after 2400. Min temperature.....25-35 F near 6000 feet 22-32 F near 8000 feet. 24 hr trend......2 degrees warmer. Max humidity........83-98%. 24 hr trend......4% wetter. 20-foot winds.......Upslope/upvalley 4 to 8 mph becoming downslope/downvalley 3 to 6 mph by sunset. CWR.................40 percent. LAL.................2 until 2400, then 1. Haines Index........3 or very low. Mixing Height.......1500 ft AGL. Transport Winds.....Southeast 5 to 10 mph until 2400, then southwest. Clearing Index......Less than 500. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80%). Near 6000 feet, numerous showers. Near 8000 feet, numerous snow showers until 1200, then snow showers. Max temperature.....43-53 F near 6000 feet 29-39 F near 8000 feet. 24 hr trend......Unchanged. Min humidity........53-63% near 6000 feet 66-81% near 8000 feet. 24 hr trend......5% wetter. 20-foot winds.......Downslope/downvalley winds 4 to 8 mph becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Localized gusts up to 35 mph. CWR.................40 percent. LAL.................1. Haines Index........3 or very low. Mixing Height.......4500 ft AGL. Transport Winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph. Clearing Index......Less than 500 until 1000. 1050 after 1100. .FORECAST FOR DAY 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY...Numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms near 6000 feet and numerous snow showers and isolated thunderstorms near 8000 feet. Lows 31-41. Highs 43-53. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 45 mph. .MONDAY...Partly cloudy near 6000 feet and mostly cloudy near 8000 feet and scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms near 6000 feet and isolated showers and thunderstorms near 8000 feet. Lows 24-34. Highs 43-53. Winds less than 15 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 24-34. Highs 49-59. Winds less than 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 29-39. Highs 54-64. .THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Isolated showers near 6000 feet and scattered showers near 8000 feet. Lows 32-42. Highs 54-64.