Lightning started the Naturita Ridge Fire on Bureau of Land Management Public Lands 5 miles south of Naturita. The fire was designated as a Wildland Fire Use incident.
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The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
Lightning started the Naturita Ridge Fire on Bureau of Land Management Public Lands 5 miles south of Naturita. The fire was designated as a Wildland Fire Use incident. By the end of the month the fire consumed about 200 acres of pinyon pine and juniper. For a continuation on this incident please see the July 2005 Storm Data publication.
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 29, 12:55 PM MST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 155 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... MODELS ARE IS VERY GOOD AGREEMENT TODAY...EACH PROJECTING A DRIER WEST-NORTHWEST WIND FLOW ALOFT MOVING INTO THE AREA. A SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS DRAPED ACROSS THE ROAN PLATEAU...BOOKCLIFFS AND SOUTHERN FLAT TOPS. RUC PORTRAYS THIS WELL IN THICKNESS AND WIND FIELDS. IT WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR SMALL SCALE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...SO HAVE KEPT ISOLATED WEAK THUNDERSTORMS OVER THIS AREA UNTIL JUST AFTER SUNSET. THE RUC MOVES THIS BOUNDARY SOUTH AND THROUGH MOST OF THE CWA TONIGHT...BUT THEN IT SLIDES BACK TO THE NORTHWEST AGAIN THURSDAY. WITH TIME IT BECOMES MUCH LESS DISCERNABLE SO HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY. ON THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE AREA WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A DRY WEST- NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND A WARMING TREND. THE MOS GUIDANCE SHOWS LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAX AND MIN TEMP PROJECTIONS. .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...PERSISTENT DRY PATTERN DEVELOPING WITH TEMPERATURES A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. BROAD HIGH PRESSURE WILL COVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE NATION WITH WESTERLIES OVER THE NORTH. THIS PUTS UT/CO UNDER THE HIGH PRESSURE AREA THROUGH THE EXTENDED. THE GFS KEEPS TRYING TO DEVELOP A TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN AT THE END OF THE PERIOD...HOWEVER THE EC KEEPS THE PATTERN CONSISTENT. BUT THESE CONFLICTING DETAILS WILL NOT MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THE FORECAST WITH BOTH SCENARIOS REMAINING DRY. THE GFS DOES SHOW SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE BEING CAUGHT UP UNDER THE RIDGE... WHICH COULD BE ENOUGH TO SUPPLY A FEW DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THIS MAKES SENSE AS THIS OFTEN HAPPENS IN THE SUMMER UNDER PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE. SO HAVE ADDED VERY LOW POPS DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS FROM SUN ON. OTHERWISE HAVE PRETTY MUCH LEFT THE FORECAST ALONE. .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .CO...NONE. .UT...NONE. && CJC/EH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 600 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2005 COZ001>005-013-UTZ023>025-301200- CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-EASTERN UINTA BASIN- EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS- LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- 600 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN UTAH AND NORTHWESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL END IN THE AFTERNOON. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. COZ006>012-014-017>023-UTZ022-027>029-301200- ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- SOUTHEAST UTAH-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- 600 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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