FNUS75 KBOU 021526 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR SUGARLOAF F1 109...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 822 AM MST MON FEB 2 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A STRONG AND RELATIVELY DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE REGION TODAY. SOME HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE MAY INCREASE FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE BRUSHES ACROSS THE STATE. IT WILL REMAIN DRY HOWEVER WITH WARMER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WEST. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1400...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(35-45%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-47. MIN HUMIDITY........16-21%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. WEST 24-33 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 32-48 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-34. MAX HUMIDITY........26-31%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. WEST 18-27 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25-36 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1800 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2000. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-51. MIN HUMIDITY........12-17%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. WEST 15-25 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 10-15 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2600-3600 FT AGL UNTIL 1300...THEN 5200-6200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1200...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1300...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN GOOD. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR SUGARLOAF F1 109. +++ 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 02/02-08 27 0 23 42 W 29 46 2 1 NW56 1212 W 36 37348 P 02/02-09 27 0 25 38 W 28 1 1585 W 35 46706 F 02/02-10 27 0 27 36 W 28 1 1957 W 33 56064 F 02/02-11 21 0 30 33 W 26 43 2 1 N48 2329 W 32 65423 G 02/02-12 21 0 31 33 W 26 1 2437 W 33 71991 G 02/02-13 21 0 33 33 W 26 1 2545 NW 36 78559 G 02/02-14 31 0 33 35 W 28 44 2 1 NW47 2653 NW 37 85127 G 02/02-15 31 0 33 38 W 29 1 2453 NW 38 81406 G 02/02-16 31 0 32 42 W 29 1 2252 NW 40 77685 G 02/02-17 49 0 29 47 W 30 48 2 1 N47 2052 W 41 73964 G 02/02-18 49 0 28 50 W 25 1 1799 W 38 61186 G 02/02-19 49 0 26 53 W 24 1 1546 W 35 48407 F 02/02-20 63 0 25 55 W 23 37 2 1 NW48 1293 W 32 35629 P 02/02-21 63 0 23 59 W 22 1 1132 W 30 29767 P 02/02-22 63 0 22 61 W 22 1 972 W 28 23905 P 02/02-23 59 0 21 63 W 21 33 2 1 NW35 812 W 25 18043 P 02/03-00 59 0 20 64 W 21 1 722 W 24 15580 P 02/03-01 59 0 20 65 W 20 1 632 W 24 13116 P 02/03-02 52 0 19 66 W 20 31 2 1 N36 541 W 23 10653 P 02/03-03 52 0 19 67 W 20 1 550 W 25 11878 P 02/03-04 52 0 19 67 W 20 1 558 W 26 13104 P 02/03-05 28 0 19 66 W 21 33 2 1 N49 567 W 29 14329 P 02/03-06 28 0 19 84 W 21 1 768 W 29 19263 P 02/03-07 28 0 21 77 W 22 1 969 W 29 24209 P 02/03-08 28 0 25 63 W 21 33 2 1 N38 1171 W 29 29155 P 02/03-09 28 0 26 51 W 18 1 1858 NW 25 37196 P 02/03-10 28 0 31 42 W 16 1 2546 NW 22 45236 F 02/03-11 28 0 36 35 W 14 22 2 1 N32 3233 NW 18 53277 F 02/03-12 28 0 40 31 W 13 1 4288 NW 21 83035 G 02/03-13 28 0 43 29 W 12 1 5343 N 23 112792 V 02/03-14 28 0 44 28 W 12 12 2 1 NW39 6398 N 25 142550 V 02/03-15 28 0 44 29 W 12 1 5963 N 24 124286 V 02/03-16 28 0 42 32 W 12 1 5528 N 22 106022 V 02/03-17 21 0 39 36 W 12 12 2 1 NW44 5093 N 20 87758 G 02/03-18 21 0 36 41 W 12 1 3872 NW 16 62379 G 02/03-19 21 0 34 45 W 13 1 2651 W 13 37000 P 02/03-20 21 0 32 48 W 13 13 3 1 N46 1430 W 9 11620 P 02/03-21 21 0 29 52 W 13 1 1080 W 10 9200 P 02/03-22 21 0 28 56 W 14 1 730 W 12 6780 P 02/03-23 21 0 26 58 W 14 22 3 1 N45 380 W 13 4359 P 02/04-00 21 0 25 61 W 15 1 348 W 15 4370 P 02/04-01 21 0 24 63 W 16 1 316 W 16 4380 P 02/04-02 21 0 23 64 W 17 28 4 1 N36 285 W 17 4390 P 02/04-03 21 0 23 64 W 18 1 273 W 18 4296 P 02/04-04 21 0 23 65 W 18 1 261 W 18 4203 P 02/04-05 29 0 23 63 W 18 30 5 1 N36 249 W 18 4109 P 02/04-06 29 0 23 63 W 18 1 389 W 18 6345 P 02/04-07 29 0 25 57 W 18 1 529 W 18 8581 P 02/04-08 29 0 29 48 W 18 30 5 1 N32 670 W 18 10816 P 02/04-09 29 0 34 39 W 17 1 1266 W 20 22360 P 02/04-10 29 0 39 32 W 17 1 1862 NW 21 33904 P 02/04-11 29 0 44 27 W 16 25 5 1 NW28 2459 NW 21 45447 F 02/04-12 29 0 47 23 W 15 1 3328 NW 21 61505 G 02/04-13 29 0 50 21 W 15 1 4197 NW 21 77563 G 02/04-14 29 0 51 20 W 15 24 5 1 NW25 5067 NW 21 93621 G 02/04-15 29 0 50 20 W 16 1 3919 NW 21 71913 G 02/04-16 29 0 48 22 W 16 1 2772 W 21 50206 F 02/04-17 29 0 44 26 W 17 28 5 1 NW24 1625 W 21 28498 P 02/04-18 29 0 40 30 W 17 1 1252 W 20 21657 P 02/04-19 29 0 37 33 W 17 1 879 W 18 14816 P 02/04-20 29 0 35 36 W 17 28 5 1 NW25 507 W 18 7975 P 02/04-21 29 0 32 39 W 17 1 397 W 18 6319 P 02/04-22 29 0 30 40 W 18 1 288 W 18 4664 P 02/04-23 29 0 29 41 W 18 30 5 1 W28 179 W 20 3009 P 02/05-00 29 0 27 43 W 18 1 165 W 20 2835 P 02/05-01 29 0 26 45 W 20 1 150 W 21 2660 P 02/05-02 29 0 25 48 W 20 31 5 1 W30 136 W 21 2486 P 02/05-03 29 0 24 51 W 20 1 138 W 21 2541 P 02/05-04 29 0 24 54 W 21 1 141 W 21 2596 P 02/05-05 36 0 24 56 W 21 33 5 1 W38 144 W 21 2651 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...WFO BOULDER REQUESTED BY...ED LEBLANC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090202.SUGAR.01/BOU