This lightning caused fire began June 29 and was named the Naturita Ridge Fire. The fire occurred on Bureau of Land Management Public Lands about 5 miles south of Naturita and was designated as a Wildland Fire Use incident.
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This lightning caused fire began June 29 and was named the Naturita Ridge Fire. The fire occurred on Bureau of Land Management Public Lands about 5 miles south of Naturita and was designated as a Wildland Fire Use incident. The fire consumed approximately 552 acres and cost about 5 thousand dollars to manage.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 1:37 PM MST, 10 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 237 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. A STRONG RIDGE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND EXTEND OVER THE SW U.S.. ZONAL FLOW ALOFT NORTH OF THIS RIDGE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN DRY WITH ONLY RIDGETOP FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS POSSIBLE. A HINT OF MOISTURE IS PROGGED TO ADVECT IN FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY...WITH THE GFS MAKING A BIT MORE OF THIS THAN THE NAM. GIVEN THE PREDICTED STABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE ..HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE NAM AND ELIMINATED ALL POP THRU SATURDAY. ALSO DECREASED CLOUD COVER AS ONLY CLOUD EXPECTED WILL BE AFTERNOON CUMULUS OVER THE RIDGES. SLOW WARMING TREND IS CONSISTEN IN MOS GUIDANCE AND APPLIED THAT TREND TO MAX AND MIN TEMPS...THOUGH GUIDANCE LOWS WERE TOO WARM FOR THIS MORNING. HAVE KEPT LOWS A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW GUIDANCE NEXT TWO NIGHTS DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING. .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...EC CONTINUES TO BE A LITTLE MORE ROBUST WITH BROAD HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CONUS. AND LAST COUPLE GFS RUNS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE WEAKER. HOWEVER BOTH MODELS ARE PUMPING UP A MORE AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD. IN ANY CASE...WE ARE LOOKING AT A DRY AND WARM PERIOD THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES TO PRESENT FORECAST LEAVING LOW DIURNAL POPS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT A LITTLE MID-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BECOME TRAPPED UNDER THE RIDGE. TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL VALUES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .CO...NONE. .UT...NONE. && CJC/EH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 545 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-011200- ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH- SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- 545 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. TAL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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