FNUS75 KBOU 141258 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR SUGARLOAF 27 RUBY...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 600 AM MST WED JAN 14 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. THE BURN AREA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE WESTERLY WINDS...WITH GOOD SMOKE DISPERSION IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE THE COLD AIR WILL SEEP UP INTO THE BURN AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THE WINDS DO SHIFT TO EAST SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BECOME POOR. WINDS WILL DECREASE A BIT WITH A FAIRLY STABLE AIRMASS ON THURSDAY...BUT FAIR SMOKE DISPERSION IS STILL EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. WARMER AIR ALOFT COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS WILL LIMIT SMOKE DISPERSION THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH MARGINAL CONDITIONS. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 1100...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-36. MIN HUMIDITY........40-50%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL RISING TO 4000 FT AGL BY 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 0500...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....17-20. MAX HUMIDITY........84-94%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 8-18 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 2000 FT AGL BY 2100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 2100...THEN POOR. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1700. MAX TEMPERATURE.....30-34. MIN HUMIDITY........35-40%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 8-16 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL RISING TO 2500 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 13. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 13. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 14. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR SUGARLOAF 27 RUBY. +++ DATA IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE HAS BEEN SAMPLED DIRECTLY FROM THE DIGITAL DATABASE. VALUES IN THE TABLE MAY NOT AGREE WITH INFORMATION IN THE NARRATIVE FORECAST. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS TABLE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AN OFFICIAL FORECAST. PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK IF THE INFORMATION IN THIS TABLE HAS BEEN REPRESENTATIVE AND/OR USEFUL. +++ FORECAST SC PP TF RH 20FT G H L 10K MIXG TRAN VENTL AJTV VALID AT % % F % WIND S I A WIND HGT WIND RATE RATNG MPH T L MPH AGL MPH KT-FT 01/14-05 83 20 21 76 W 17 26 2 1 NW43 972 W 26 21936 P 01/14-06 61 20 19 80 W 20 1 1018 W 26 23212 P 01/14-07 61 20 19 74 W 18 1 1064 W 26 24487 P 01/14-08 61 20 20 66 W 18 30 2 1 NW43 1110 W 26 25763 P 01/14-09 61 20 23 55 W 17 1 1439 W 28 34574 P 01/14-10 61 20 26 46 W 17 1 1768 W 28 43385 F 01/14-11 75 30 29 40 W 16 25 2 1 NW49 2097 NW 29 52197 F 01/14-12 75 30 30 38 W 15 1 2350 NW 26 54279 F 01/14-13 75 30 31 38 W 13 1 2602 NW 25 56362 F 01/14-14 75 30 31 40 W 12 12 2 1 NW52 2854 NW 23 58445 F 01/14-15 75 30 30 44 W 12 1 2721 NW 25 60366 G 01/14-16 75 30 28 50 NW 12 1 2589 W 28 62287 G 01/14-17 77 30 26 58 NW 12 12 2 1 NW69 2457 W 30 64208 G 01/14-18 77 30 25 62 NW 12 1 2208 W 29 56324 F 01/14-19 77 30 24 67 W 13 1 1959 W 29 48439 F 01/14-20 77 30 23 71 W 13 13 2 1 NW66 1710 W 28 40555 F 01/14-21 77 30 23 76 W 14 1 1519 W 25 33724 P 01/14-22 77 30 22 80 W 14 1 1329 W 23 26893 P 01/14-23 87 26 22 78 W 14 22 2 1 NW60 1138 W 21 20062 P 01/15-00 87 26 22 81 W 14 1 1193 W 20 20549 P 01/15-01 87 26 22 83 W 14 1 1248 W 20 21035 P 01/15-02 87 26 22 84 W 13 13 2 1 NW62 1303 W 20 21522 P 01/15-03 87 26 22 83 W 12 1 1156 W 18 18907 P 01/15-04 87 26 21 80 W 12 1 1010 W 18 16292 P 01/15-05 68 20 20 71 W 10 10 2 1 NW59 863 W 18 13677 P 01/15-06 68 20 21 72 W 10 1 1120 NW 18 17551 P 01/15-07 68 20 21 73 W 10 1 1170 NW 18 19277 P 01/15-08 68 20 23 67 W 12 12 2 1 N61 1220 NW 20 21003 P 01/15-09 68 20 25 59 W 12 1 1396 NW 21 24999 P 01/15-10 68 20 27 50 W 10 1 1573 NW 21 28996 P 01/15-11 68 20 28 43 W 10 10 2 1 N54 1749 NW 22 32992 P 01/15-12 50 10 30 39 W 10 1 1906 NW 22 36371 P 01/15-13 50 10 31 37 W 10 1 2063 NW 22 39749 P 01/15-14 50 10 31 36 W 10 10 2 1 N46 2220 NW 22 43127 F 01/15-15 50 10 31 36 W 10 1 1817 NW 23 35538 P 01/15-16 50 10 29 39 W 12 1 1414 NW 23 27949 P 01/15-17 22 0 26 44 W 13 13 2 1 NW43 1010 W 23 20359 P 01/15-18 22 0 24 49 W 13 1 774 W 20 14715 P 01/15-19 22 0 22 53 W 12 1 537 W 16 9070 P 01/15-20 22 0 21 58 W 12 12 2 1 NW39 300 W 13 3426 P 01/15-21 22 0 19 63 W 12 1 251 W 13 2793 P 01/15-22 22 0 18 70 W 12 1 202 W 12 2160 P 01/15-23 28 0 17 76 W 12 12 2 1 NW35 153 W 12 1527 P 01/16-00 28 0 16 82 W 12 1 143 W 12 1424 P 01/16-01 28 0 15 86 W 12 1 133 W 12 1320 P 01/16-02 28 0 15 90 W 12 12 2 1 N32 123 W 12 1217 P 01/16-03 28 0 14 92 W 12 1 128 W 13 1350 P 01/16-04 28 0 14 91 W 12 1 133 W 13 1484 P 01/16-05 21 0 14 88 W 13 13 2 1 N29 139 W 14 1617 P 01/16-06 21 0 14 84 W 13 1 161 W 14 1942 P 01/16-07 21 0 16 75 W 13 1 183 W 14 2267 P 01/16-08 21 0 19 60 W 13 13 3 1 N28 206 W 15 2592 P 01/16-09 21 0 23 48 W 12 1 453 W 15 6095 P 01/16-10 21 0 27 39 W 12 1 700 W 15 9598 P 01/16-11 21 0 31 32 W 10 10 3 1 NW24 947 NW 16 13102 P 01/16-12 21 0 34 28 W 10 1 1245 NW 15 16499 P 01/16-13 21 0 36 26 W 10 1 1544 NW 15 19897 P 01/16-14 21 0 37 25 W 10 10 4 1 NW25 1842 NW 15 23294 P 01/16-15 21 0 36 25 W 10 1 1485 NW 15 19292 P 01/16-16 21 0 34 27 W 12 1 1128 W 16 15289 P 01/16-17 27 0 30 33 W 12 12 4 1 NW24 771 W 17 11287 P 01/16-18 27 0 28 37 W 13 1 595 W 16 8571 P 01/16-19 27 0 25 42 W 13 1 418 W 16 5856 P 01/16-20 27 0 23 46 W 13 13 5 1 N25 242 W 15 3140 P 01/16-21 27 0 21 51 W 13 1 206 W 15 2632 P 01/16-22 27 0 20 55 W 13 1 170 W 14 2124 P 01/16-23 27 0 18 59 W 13 13 4 1 NW21 134 W 14 1616 P 01/17-00 27 0 17 63 W 13 1 126 W 14 1464 P 01/17-01 27 0 16 66 W 13 1 118 W 13 1311 P 01/17-02 27 0 15 69 W 12 12 4 1 NW21 110 W 13 1159 P 01/17-03 27 0 15 70 W 12 1 109 W 12 1044 P 01/17-04 27 0 14 69 W 10 1 108 W 10 929 P 01/17-05 30 0 14 67 W 8 8 4 1 NW23 107 W 9 814 P KEY: FORECAST - MONTH/DAY-HOUR OF FORECAST /24-HOUR CLOCK LOCAL TIME/ VALID AT SC - SKY COVER /PERCENT/ PP - PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /PERCENT/ TF - TEMPERATURE /DEGREES F/ RH - RELATIVE HUMIDITY /PERCENT/ 20FT WIND - 20-FOOT WIND /MPH/ GST - 20-FOOT WIND GUST /MPH/ HI - HAINES INDEX LAL - LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL 10K WIND - 10000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL FREE-AIR WINDS /MPH/ MIXG HGT - MIXING HEIGHT /FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL/ TRAN WIND - TRANSPORT WINDS /MPH/ VENTL RATE - VENTILATION RATE /KNOT-FEET/ AJTV RATNG - SMOKE DISPERSION ADJECTIVE RATING P - POOR F - FAIR G - GOOD V - VERY GOOD E - EXCELLENT $$ FORECASTER...GIMMESTAD REQUESTED BY...TIM EGAN REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090114.SUGAR.01/BOU