FNUS75 KBOU 151318 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR SUGARLOAF 27 RUBY...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 615 AM MST THU JAN 15 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WEST WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL TODAY. RELATIVELY WARM TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING MEAN THAT SMOKE DISPERSION SHOULD BE GOOD ALREADY. WARMING ALOFT WILL LIMIT MIXING ON FRIDAY... BUT SMOKE DISPERSION SHOULD STILL BE FAIR IN THE AFTERNOON. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND UNDER A WARM UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WITH JUST ENOUGH WIND FOR FAIR TO GOOD SMOKE DISPERSION IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 1100...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-36. MIN HUMIDITY........40-50%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 3-6 MPH INCREASING TO 7-14 MPH BY 1200. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....14-18. MAX HUMIDITY........80-90%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 10-20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO BELOW 1000 FT AGL BY 2200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-40. MIN HUMIDITY........34-40%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 12-20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 2500 FT AGL BY 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 13. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. WEST WINDS 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 14. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 16. HIGHS IN THE MID 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 01/15-06 68 5 27 60 W 12 1 2241 NW 24 47003 F 01/15-07 68 5 26 64 W 12 1 2220 NW 23 43672 F 01/15-08 69 5 26 65 W 12 12 2 1 NW56 2200 NW 21 40341 F 01/15-09 69 5 27 58 W 10 1 2582 NW 23 51717 F 01/15-10 69 10 29 49 W 10 1 2964 NW 24 63093 G 01/15-11 22 10 31 41 W 10 10 2 1 N49 3346 NW 25 74469 G 01/15-12 22 10 32 39 W 10 1 3754 NW 25 81803 G 01/15-13 22 10 33 39 W 9 1 4162 NW 24 89138 G 01/15-14 22 10 33 40 W 9 9 2 1 N48 4570 NW 24 96472 G 01/15-15 22 10 33 40 W 8 1 3846 NW 24 81934 G 01/15-16 22 10 32 41 W 8 1 3122 NW 25 67396 G 01/15-17 11 0 31 46 W 7 7 2 1 N52 2397 NW 25 52858 F 01/15-18 11 0 29 43 W 12 1 1862 NW 23 39117 P 01/15-19 11 0 27 48 W 12 1 1327 NW 20 25375 P 01/15-20 11 0 25 54 W 13 13 2 1 N52 793 W 17 11634 P 01/15-21 11 0 23 60 W 14 1 619 W 16 8915 P 01/15-22 11 0 21 67 W 14 1 445 W 15 6196 P 01/15-23 19 0 20 81 W 15 24 2 1 N47 272 W 15 3477 P 01/16-00 19 0 18 88 W 15 1 236 W 15 3043 P 01/16-01 19 0 18 93 W 15 1 199 W 15 2610 P 01/16-02 19 0 17 98 W 15 24 2 1 N41 163 W 15 2177 P 01/16-03 19 0 16 100 W 15 1 156 W 16 2223 P 01/16-04 19 0 15 100 W 15 1 149 W 17 2269 P 01/16-05 21 0 15 88 W 18 30 2 1 NW36 143 W 18 2315 P 01/16-06 21 0 15 90 W 18 1 214 W 17 3260 P 01/16-07 21 0 15 84 W 17 1 244 W 17 3644 P 01/16-08 21 0 19 72 W 16 25 2 1 NW33 275 W 17 4029 P 01/16-09 21 0 23 60 W 15 1 511 W 16 6589 P 01/16-10 21 0 27 51 W 14 1 748 W 15 9149 P 01/16-11 21 0 31 44 W 13 13 3 1 NW33 984 W 14 11710 P 01/16-12 21 0 34 39 W 13 1 1331 W 15 17481 P 01/16-13 21 0 36 35 W 13 1 1677 W 16 23252 P 01/16-14 21 0 37 34 W 14 22 3 1 NW35 2024 W 16 29023 P 01/16-15 21 0 36 34 W 14 1 1622 W 17 23508 P 01/16-16 21 0 34 37 W 15 1 1220 W 17 17993 P 01/16-17 27 0 30 43 W 16 25 3 1 NW36 818 W 17 12478 P 01/16-18 27 0 28 48 W 17 1 670 W 18 10373 P 01/16-19 27 0 25 52 W 18 1 522 W 18 8268 P 01/16-20 27 0 23 55 W 18 30 4 1 NW32 373 W 20 6163 P 01/16-21 27 0 21 60 W 18 1 330 W 18 5438 P 01/16-22 27 0 20 63 W 18 1 286 W 18 4713 P 01/16-23 27 0 18 67 W 17 28 4 1 NW28 242 W 18 3989 P 01/17-00 27 0 17 70 W 18 1 232 W 18 3782 P 01/17-01 27 0 16 72 W 18 1 222 W 18 3576 P 01/17-02 27 0 15 74 W 18 30 4 1 NW29 212 W 18 3369 P 01/17-03 27 0 15 74 W 18 1 207 W 18 3266 P 01/17-04 27 0 14 74 W 18 1 203 W 18 3163 P 01/17-05 30 0 14 73 W 17 28 4 1 NW31 199 W 17 3059 P 01/17-06 30 0 15 72 W 17 1 234 W 16 3248 P 01/17-07 30 0 16 68 W 16 1 269 W 15 3437 P 01/17-08 30 0 20 57 W 15 24 4 1 NW26 304 W 14 3625 P 01/17-09 30 0 24 48 W 13 1 953 W 12 7057 P 01/17-10 30 0 28 40 W 12 1 1603 NW 9 10489 P 01/17-11 30 0 32 34 W 9 9 3 1 NW22 2252 NW 7 13921 P 01/17-12 30 0 36 30 W 8 1 3276 NW 8 26460 P 01/17-13 30 0 38 27 W 7 1 4300 N 10 38999 P 01/17-14 30 0 39 26 W 6 6 3 1 N29 5324 N 12 51537 F 01/17-15 30 0 39 26 W 5 1 4293 N 10 39295 P 01/17-16 30 0 36 28 W 5 1 3262 N 9 27053 P 01/17-17 30 0 32 33 W 5 5 3 1 NE35 2230 N 8 14810 P 01/17-18 30 0 29 37 NE 5 1 1625 N 6 10300 P 01/17-19 30 0 26 40 E 3 1 1019 N 5 5789 P 01/17-20 30 0 24 43 E 3 3 3 1 NE33 413 N 3 1278 P 01/17-21 30 0 22 46 E 2 1 338 N 2 876 P 01/17-22 30 0 20 49 CALM 1 264 CALM 475 P 01/17-23 30 0 19 52 CALM 1 3 1 NE31 190 CALM 74 P 01/18-00 30 0 17 58 S 2 1 172 CALM 143 P 01/18-01 30 0 16 63 S 3 1 155 CALM 212 P 01/18-02 30 0 15 67 SW 3 3 3 1 NE31 137 SW 2 281 P 01/18-03 30 0 15 68 SW 5 1 135 SW 3 401 P 01/18-04 30 0 14 66 SW 6 1 133 W 5 521 P 01/18-05 25 0 14 64 W 7 7 4 1 N31 131 W 6 641 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 20090115.SUGAR.01/BOU