FNUS75 KBOU 261321 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR SUGARLOAF 165 A B...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 610 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 3 TO 6 INCHES BEFORE ENDING LATE TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG UNTIL 1000. SNOW LIKELY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....15-18. MIN HUMIDITY........80-85. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 7-9 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20-24 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 9-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........3 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.....-4. MAX HUMIDITY........100%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 7-8 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN NORTHWEST 6-7 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4-8 MPH. 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(50-60%). AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AFTER 1100 UNTIL 1700. MAX TEMPERATURE.....19. MIN HUMIDITY........46%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. WEST 17-27 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13-24 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN NORTHWEST 25-32 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-3400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. GOOD AFTER 1400. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. LOWS AROUND 16. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. BREEZY. WEST WINDS AROUND 29 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW UNTIL 0600. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 1800. LOWS AROUND 18. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. WEST WINDS AROUND 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL. LOWS AROUND 19. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR SUGARLOAF 165 A B. +++ 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 17 70 SW 5 1 1685 W 22 32428 P 01/26-07 100 70 17 71 SW 5 1 1690 W 24 35011 P 01/26-08 100 70 17 69 S 3 3 2 1 W58 1696 W 25 37594 P 01/26-09 100 70 17 71 S 5 1 1774 SW 24 37438 P 01/26-10 100 70 17 73 S 5 1 1852 SW 23 37283 P 01/26-11 100 70 18 75 SE 6 6 2 1 SW58 1930 SW 22 37127 P 01/26-12 100 70 18 74 SE 6 1 2101 SW 21 36620 P 01/26-13 100 70 18 73 SE 6 1 2272 SW 18 36113 P 01/26-14 100 70 18 73 SE 6 6 2 1 SW59 2444 SW 17 35606 P 01/26-15 100 70 17 72 SE 5 1 2212 SW 15 28674 P 01/26-16 100 70 16 74 SE 5 1 1980 SW 13 21741 P 01/26-17 100 80 11 87 SE 5 5 3 1 SW44 1748 SW 9 14809 P 01/26-18 100 80 9 89 SE 5 1 1666 SW 8 11697 P 01/26-19 100 80 7 92 SE 5 1 1583 SW 6 8586 P 01/26-20 100 80 5 94 S 3 3 3 1 SW25 1500 SW 5 5475 P 01/26-21 100 80 3 96 SE 3 1 1317 SW 5 4822 P 01/26-22 100 80 2 99 SE 3 1 1134 SW 5 4170 P 01/26-23 90 60 0 100 SE 3 3 3 1 SW15 951 SW 5 3517 P 01/27-00 90 60 -1 100 SE 3 1 721 W 3 2507 P 01/27-01 90 60 -2 100 E 3 1 490 W 2 1497 P 01/27-02 90 60 -2 100 E 2 2 3 1 W23 260 NW 2 487 P 01/27-03 90 60 -3 100 N 2 1 238 NW 3 744 P 01/27-04 90 60 -3 100 NW 5 1 215 W 6 1002 P 01/27-05 77 0 -3 100 W 7 7 3 1 W29 193 W 8 1259 P 01/27-06 77 0 -3 100 W 8 1 261 W 9 2219 P 01/27-07 77 0 -2 100 W 9 1 294 W 10 2850 P 01/27-08 77 0 2 90 W 10 10 3 1 W20 326 W 13 3481 P 01/27-09 77 0 6 81 W 10 1 951 W 17 19705 P 01/27-10 77 0 10 73 W 10 1 1576 W 22 35929 P 01/27-11 55 0 13 66 W 12 12 3 1 NW15 2201 W 28 52153 F 01/27-12 55 0 16 59 W 14 1 2703 W 29 67229 G 01/27-13 55 0 17 54 W 16 1 3206 W 29 82306 G 01/27-14 55 0 18 52 W 20 31 3 1 NW20 3709 NW 30 97383 G 01/27-15 55 0 18 50 W 22 1 3307 NW 30 86816 G 01/27-16 55 0 18 49 W 24 1 2905 NW 30 76250 G 01/27-17 50 0 18 48 W 26 43 4 1 N40 2504 NW 30 65684 G 01/27-18 50 0 17 47 W 28 1 2137 NW 30 55805 F 01/27-19 50 0 17 47 W 28 1 1769 NW 30 45927 F 01/27-20 50 0 17 46 W 28 44 4 1 N54 1402 W 30 36049 P 01/27-21 50 0 16 47 W 28 1 1347 W 31 36521 P 01/27-22 50 0 16 47 W 28 1 1292 W 33 36994 P 01/27-23 50 0 16 47 W 28 44 4 1 NW35 1237 W 35 37467 P 01/28-00 50 0 15 49 W 28 1 1193 W 35 35526 P 01/28-01 50 0 15 51 W 28 1 1149 W 33 33584 P 01/28-02 50 0 15 53 W 29 46 2 1 NW46 1105 W 33 31643 P 01/28-03 50 0 15 54 W 29 1 1093 W 36 34184 P 01/28-04 50 0 15 55 W 29 1 1080 W 39 36726 P 01/28-05 71 0 15 56 W 29 46 3 1 N29 1068 W 43 39268 P 01/28-06 71 0 15 62 W 29 1 1182 W 43 44081 F 01/28-07 71 0 16 65 W 29 1 1296 W 44 48894 F 01/28-08 71 0 19 65 W 29 46 3 1 NW33 1410 W 44 53708 F 01/28-09 71 0 21 60 W 29 1 2324 W 46 94950 G 01/28-10 71 0 24 56 W 29 1 3238 W 47 136191 V 01/28-11 71 0 26 52 W 30 48 2 1 NW24 4152 W 49 177433 E 01/28-12 71 0 28 50 W 30 1 4474 W 47 184799 E 01/28-13 71 0 30 48 W 31 1 4797 NW 46 192164 E 01/28-14 71 0 30 48 W 31 49 3 1 NW15 5119 NW 45 199529 E 01/28-15 71 0 30 48 W 31 1 5122 W 45 199375 E 01/28-16 71 0 29 49 W 31 1 5125 W 45 199221 E 01/28-17 85 2 28 52 W 30 48 2 1 NW52 5128 W 45 199067 E 01/28-18 85 2 26 54 W 30 1 5109 W 45 200395 E 01/28-19 85 2 25 56 W 29 1 5089 W 46 201723 E 01/28-20 85 2 24 55 W 29 46 2 1 NW51 5069 W 46 203051 E 01/28-21 85 2 23 56 W 26 1 5031 W 44 191763 E 01/28-22 85 2 22 58 W 25 1 4993 W 41 180475 E 01/28-23 85 13 22 60 W 24 39 2 1 NW69 4955 W 39 169187 E 01/29-00 85 13 21 61 W 23 1 4793 W 39 160898 E 01/29-01 85 13 21 62 W 23 1 4631 NW 38 152608 E 01/29-02 85 13 20 62 W 22 35 2 1 NW68 4470 NW 37 144318 V 01/29-03 85 13 20 63 W 21 1 4176 NW 37 135113 V 01/29-04 85 13 20 63 W 20 1 3882 NW 37 125908 V 01/29-05 75 15 20 62 W 18 30 2 1 N52 3588 NW 38 116703 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...WFO BOULDER REQUESTED BY...ED LEBLANC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090126.SUGAR.01/BOU