FNUS75 KBOU 240215 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN MOUNTAIN RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 715 PM MST MON FEB 23 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...THEN WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA ON TUESDAY WITH A DRYING AIRMASS. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY UNTIL 2300...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 2200. MIN TEMPERATURE.....36. MAX HUMIDITY........52%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 6-10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2200 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 200-400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2000. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60. MIN HUMIDITY........21-24%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH UNTIL 1300...THEN WEST 10-20 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 17-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2600 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 4600-5600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1200...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1400...THEN EXCELLENT UNTIL 1500...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1700. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TUESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....33. MAX HUMIDITY........42%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 5-11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13-24 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN 4-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-3000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 200-1000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2000. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(40-50%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....59. MIN HUMIDITY........21%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 5-6 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTH UNTIL 1200...THEN EAST UNTIL 1500...THEN NORTH UP TO 4 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1400 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 4000-5000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN FAIR. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS AROUND 50. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR GREEN MOUNTAIN RX. +++ 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 02/23-18 83 10 50 31 W 5 1 2168 W 25 56015 F 02/23-19 83 10 48 35 W 6 1 1254 W 20 30100 P 02/23-20 83 10 45 40 W 7 7 3 1 NW18 340 W 14 4185 P 02/23-21 83 10 43 44 W 6 1 307 W 12 3286 P 02/23-22 83 1 41 48 W 2 1 275 W 9 2387 P 02/23-23 57 1 40 48 W 3 3 3 1 NW17 243 W 7 1489 P 02/24-00 57 1 39 51 W 3 1 227 W 8 1592 P 02/24-01 57 1 38 51 W 6 1 212 W 9 1696 P 02/24-02 57 1 37 52 W 7 7 3 1 W21 196 W 10 1800 P 02/24-03 57 1 37 52 W 8 1 203 W 12 1993 P 02/24-04 57 1 37 51 W 8 1 210 W 12 2186 P 02/24-05 15 0 37 48 W 8 8 3 1 W22 216 W 13 2378 P 02/24-06 15 0 37 47 W 8 1 380 W 15 5941 P 02/24-07 15 0 39 44 W 7 1 543 W 18 9503 P 02/24-08 15 0 42 38 W 7 7 3 1 W26 707 W 21 13066 P 02/24-09 15 0 47 31 W 7 1 1931 W 21 35535 P 02/24-10 15 0 50 27 W 8 1 3156 W 21 58005 F 02/24-11 18 0 54 24 W 8 8 3 1 W38 4381 W 21 80474 G 02/24-12 18 0 57 22 W 9 1 4998 W 24 105744 V 02/24-13 18 0 59 21 W 10 1 5616 W 26 131014 V 02/24-14 18 0 59 21 W 10 10 3 1 NW58 6233 W 29 156285 E 02/24-15 18 0 59 21 W 10 1 5559 W 28 136007 V 02/24-16 18 0 57 22 W 10 1 4886 W 26 115729 V 02/24-17 10 0 53 26 W 13 13 3 1 W54 4212 W 26 95451 G 02/24-18 10 0 51 31 W 10 1 2911 W 23 61392 G 02/24-19 10 0 48 35 SW 9 1 1929 W 21 38058 P 02/24-20 10 0 45 39 SW 8 8 5 1 W51 947 W 18 14724 P 02/24-21 10 0 42 41 SW 8 1 725 W 16 10782 P 02/24-22 10 0 40 40 SW 8 1 503 W 14 6840 P 02/24-23 12 0 39 39 SW 8 8 4 1 W47 281 W 12 2897 P 02/25-00 12 0 37 39 SW 8 1 252 W 12 2444 P 02/25-01 12 0 36 39 SW 9 1 224 W 10 1990 P 02/25-02 12 0 36 40 SW 8 8 5 1 W37 196 W 9 1537 P 02/25-03 12 0 35 40 W 8 1 189 W 8 1315 P 02/25-04 12 0 35 40 W 7 1 183 W 7 1093 P 02/25-05 44 0 35 40 W 6 6 3 1 W32 176 W 6 871 P 02/25-06 44 0 36 42 W 5 1 220 W 5 791 P 02/25-07 44 0 37 42 W 2 1 264 SW 3 712 P 02/25-08 44 0 40 38 W 2 2 3 1 W31 308 SW 2 632 P 02/25-09 44 0 45 32 SW 2 1 1613 SW 5 10273 P 02/25-10 44 0 48 28 SE 3 1 2918 SW 6 19915 P 02/25-11 50 0 52 24 E 5 5 3 1 W35 4223 SW 8 29556 P 02/25-12 50 0 54 22 E 5 1 4895 SW 10 44314 F 02/25-13 50 0 56 21 E 3 1 5566 SW 12 59071 F 02/25-14 50 0 57 21 NE 2 2 3 1 W35 6238 SW 14 73829 G 02/25-15 50 0 57 21 NE 2 1 5205 W 14 63259 G 02/25-16 50 0 55 23 NW 2 1 4172 W 15 52689 F 02/25-17 59 5 50 26 NW 2 2 3 1 W29 3140 W 15 42119 F 02/25-18 59 5 47 29 NW 5 1 2193 W 15 29245 P 02/25-19 59 5 44 32 W 6 1 1245 W 14 16370 P 02/25-20 59 5 41 37 W 8 8 3 1 W24 298 W 14 3495 P 02/25-21 59 5 38 41 W 8 1 264 W 14 3064 P 02/25-22 59 5 36 45 W 8 1 229 W 13 2632 P 02/25-23 59 5 34 48 W 8 8 3 1 W17 195 W 13 2201 P 02/26-00 59 5 33 52 W 9 1 185 W 14 2246 P 02/26-01 59 5 32 54 W 13 1 175 W 15 2290 P 02/26-02 59 5 31 57 W 15 24 3 1 W25 165 W 16 2335 P 02/26-03 59 5 30 59 W 18 1 169 W 18 2730 P 02/26-04 59 5 30 60 W 22 1 173 W 21 3125 P 02/26-05 58 0 30 61 W 23 37 3 1 W35 176 W 23 3520 P 02/26-06 58 0 31 60 W 18 1 252 W 20 3819 P 02/26-07 58 0 32 56 W 12 1 327 NW 16 4118 P 02/26-08 58 0 35 48 NW 7 7 2 1 W32 402 NW 13 4417 P 02/26-09 58 0 39 40 NW 7 1 2498 NW 16 47479 F 02/26-10 58 0 43 34 NW 9 1 4595 NW 20 90541 G 02/26-11 58 0 46 30 NW 12 12 2 1 W38 6691 W 23 133603 V 02/26-12 58 0 49 27 NW 13 1 7536 W 23 152876 E 02/26-13 58 0 50 26 NW 14 1 8380 W 23 172148 E 02/26-14 58 0 51 26 NW 14 22 2 1 W35 9225 W 24 191421 E 02/26-15 58 0 51 27 NW 13 1 7911 W 23 158326 E 02/26-16 58 0 49 30 NW 12 1 6597 W 22 125232 V 02/26-17 55 0 45 31 NW 10 10 2 1 W31 5283 W 20 92137 G 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...TONY PISCOPO REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090224.GREEN.01/BOU