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Spot Forecast for Kittle...Grand Junction Interagency Dispatch
National Weather Service Grand Junction CO
1118 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 MDT on August 22. 
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Moisture will increase this afternoon with a robust
disturbance moving through the area late this afternoon into the
evening hours. This will allow for more widespread showers and
thunderstorms picking up after 1400 and continuing through the
evening. Storms will be capable of erratic gusty outflow winds to
40 mph, periods of heavy rain and lightning. Sunday will see less
coverage of storms but still a chance of heavy rain with any
stronger storms that develop over the area. 

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Numerous showers 
                    and scattered thunderstorms. 
CWR.................40 percent. 
Max temperature.....74-79. 
Min humidity........23-28 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 20 mph. 
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near 
                    thunderstorms. 
Smoke dispersal.....Good. 
Mixing height.......Increasing to 8400 ft AGL by peak heating in 
                    the afternoon. 
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 mph. 
Chance of thunder...40 percent. 

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming 
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Scattered 
                    showers and thunderstorms in the evening. 
CWR.................30 percent. 
Min temperature.....46-51. 
Max humidity........80-85 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 20 mph 
                    in the early evening, shifting to the southeast 
                    8 to 12 mph overnight. Gusty and erratic winds 
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5000-21000 knot-ft). 
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL overnight. 
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 mph. 
Chance of thunder...25 percent. 

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent) then becoming 
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of 
                    rain showers in the morning, then chance of 
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
CWR.................10 percent. 
Max temperature.....70-75. 
Min humidity........28-33 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 20 mph
                    in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds 
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
Smoke dispersal.....Good. 
Mixing height.......Increasing to 8000 ft AGL by peak heating in
                    the afternoon. 
Transport winds.....West 14 mph. 
Chance of thunder...40 percent. 

$$
Forecaster...Matt Aleksa
Requested by...Cade Bragonier
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620061.5/GJT
.DELDT 08/22/26
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.EMAIL cogjc@firenet.gov