FNUS75 KBOU 261335 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR CUB CREEK UNIT 6 SLASH PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 623 AM MST MON JAN 26 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE ENDING LATE TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG UNTIL 1000. SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 1700...THEN OCCASIONAL SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....17. MIN HUMIDITY........78-84%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST 4-8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16-20 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 4-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. OCCASIONAL SNOW UNTIL 2300...THEN SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 0500. MIN TEMPERATURE.....-2. MAX HUMIDITY........100%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST 7-8 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN SOUTHWEST UP TO 4 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4-8 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN SOUTHWEST. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 1100...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(40-50%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....27. MIN HUMIDITY........40%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST 15-21 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9-20 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 24-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3200-4200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1200...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN GOOD. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL. LOWS AROUND 19. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 1800. LOWS AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR CUB CREEK UNIT 6 SLASH PILES. +++ 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 01/26-06 100 70 18 74 SE 3 1 1560 SW 18 24441 P 01/26-07 100 70 17 74 SE 3 1 1554 SW 18 24638 P 01/26-08 100 70 17 74 SE 3 3 2 1 W68 1549 SW 18 24835 P 01/26-09 100 70 17 77 SE 5 1 1570 SW 17 23722 P 01/26-10 100 70 17 79 SE 5 1 1591 SW 16 22609 P 01/26-11 100 70 17 81 E 6 6 2 1 SW58 1613 SW 15 21496 P 01/26-12 100 70 17 82 E 6 1 1873 SW 14 20867 P 01/26-13 100 70 17 81 E 6 1 2133 SW 12 20238 P 01/26-14 100 70 17 83 E 6 6 2 1 W51 2393 SW 9 19609 P 01/26-15 100 70 16 84 E 6 1 2281 SW 8 15226 P 01/26-16 100 70 15 89 E 6 1 2169 S 6 10842 P 01/26-17 100 80 11 96 E 6 6 2 1 SW32 2056 S 3 6459 P 01/26-18 100 80 9 100 E 5 1 2095 S 3 6031 P 01/26-19 100 80 7 100 E 5 1 2134 S 3 5602 P 01/26-20 100 80 6 100 E 5 5 2 1 SW25 2173 SE 2 5174 P 01/26-21 100 80 4 100 E 5 1 1808 S 3 4531 P 01/26-22 100 80 3 100 E 3 1 1443 S 3 3887 P 01/26-23 90 60 2 100 E 3 3 2 1 W12 1079 SW 3 3243 P 01/27-00 90 60 1 100 E 3 1 838 SW 3 2381 P 01/27-01 90 60 0 100 SE 3 1 598 SW 2 1518 P 01/27-02 90 60 -1 100 SE 3 3 3 1 W14 358 SW 2 655 P 01/27-03 90 60 -1 100 S 2 1 315 SW 3 731 P 01/27-04 90 60 -1 100 W 2 1 271 W 3 807 P 01/27-05 67 0 -1 100 NW 2 2 3 1 W18 228 NW 5 882 P 01/27-06 67 0 -1 100 NW 2 1 339 NW 7 2104 P 01/27-07 67 0 1 100 NW 2 1 369 NW 8 2858 P 01/27-08 67 0 5 90 NW 3 3 3 1 W18 399 NW 10 3613 P 01/27-09 67 0 11 77 NW 5 1 1027 NW 14 16316 P 01/27-10 67 0 15 68 NW 6 1 1655 NW 17 29019 P 01/27-11 44 0 19 60 NW 7 7 3 1 NW14 2282 NW 21 41723 F 01/27-12 44 0 22 51 NW 9 1 3145 NW 23 66692 G 01/27-13 44 0 25 45 NW 12 1 4008 NW 25 91661 G 01/27-14 44 0 26 41 NW 14 22 3 1 NW12 4871 NW 28 116629 V 01/27-15 44 0 26 40 NW 16 1 4247 NW 29 104052 V 01/27-16 44 0 25 40 W 18 1 3623 NW 30 91476 G 01/27-17 46 0 24 40 W 20 31 2 1 N33 2999 NW 30 78899 G 01/27-18 46 0 23 41 W 20 1 2489 NW 30 64742 G 01/27-19 46 0 23 41 W 20 1 1979 NW 29 50586 F 01/27-20 46 0 22 41 W 20 31 4 1 N51 1469 NW 29 36430 P 01/27-21 46 0 21 41 W 20 1 1347 NW 31 35548 P 01/27-22 46 0 21 41 W 18 1 1225 NW 33 34665 P 01/27-23 46 0 20 41 W 18 30 4 1 NW29 1102 W 36 33782 P 01/28-00 46 0 20 43 W 18 1 985 W 36 30378 P 01/28-01 46 0 19 46 W 20 1 868 NW 36 26973 P 01/28-02 46 0 19 48 W 20 31 2 1 NW39 751 NW 36 23569 P 01/28-03 46 0 19 50 W 21 1 699 W 39 23277 P 01/28-04 46 0 19 51 W 21 1 647 W 41 22986 P 01/28-05 68 0 19 52 W 22 35 2 1 NW37 595 W 44 22694 P 01/28-06 68 0 19 57 W 23 1 830 W 44 31743 P 01/28-07 68 0 21 57 W 23 1 1064 NW 44 40792 F 01/28-08 68 0 24 54 W 24 39 3 1 NW25 1298 NW 44 49842 F 01/28-09 68 0 28 47 W 24 1 2513 NW 43 90640 G 01/28-10 68 0 32 43 W 24 1 3728 NW 41 131438 V 01/28-11 68 0 36 39 W 25 40 2 1 NW30 4943 NW 40 172237 E 01/28-12 68 0 38 36 W 25 1 5706 NW 39 190745 E 01/28-13 68 0 41 34 W 24 1 6469 NW 38 209253 E 01/28-14 68 0 41 33 W 23 37 2 1 NW15 7232 NW 36 227761 E 01/28-15 68 0 41 32 W 23 1 6550 NW 37 208761 E 01/28-16 68 0 39 33 W 22 1 5869 NW 37 189762 E 01/28-17 83 2 36 35 W 21 33 2 1 NW28 5187 NW 38 170762 E 01/28-18 83 2 34 38 W 20 1 5086 NW 38 167793 E 01/28-19 83 2 32 42 W 18 1 4985 NW 38 164824 E 01/28-20 83 2 30 43 W 17 28 2 1 NW39 4883 NW 38 161856 E 01/28-21 83 2 29 46 W 16 1 4746 NW 38 157375 E 01/28-22 83 2 27 48 W 15 1 4609 NW 38 152894 E 01/28-23 83 12 26 52 W 15 24 2 1 NW62 4472 NW 38 148413 V 01/29-00 83 12 25 54 W 15 1 4159 NW 37 133837 V 01/29-01 83 12 24 56 W 15 1 3847 NW 36 119261 V 01/29-02 83 12 23 57 W 15 24 2 1 NW60 3535 NW 35 104686 V 01/29-03 83 12 23 58 W 15 1 3558 NW 33 104666 V 01/29-04 83 12 23 59 W 15 1 3582 NW 33 104647 V 01/29-05 72 20 23 59 W 15 24 2 1 N46 3605 NW 33 104628 V 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...ENTREKIN REQUESTED BY...KIRK A WILL REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090126.CUBCR.01/BOU