FNUS75 KBOU 020546 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITE RANCH OS PARK - UNITS 24-26...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1033 PM MST SUN MAR 1 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY...RESULTING IN A CONTINUATION OF VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS...AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES. WHILE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT ON MONDAY...STRONGER WINDS AND HIGHER FIRE DANGER WILL OCCUR TUESDAY. WARM TEMPERATURES AND WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE FOR VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT SMOKE DISPERSION DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....59. MIN HUMIDITY........11-13%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 4-10 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 24-32 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1600 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING TO 4200-5200 FT AGL BY 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN VERY GOOD. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .MONDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....41. MAX HUMIDITY........36%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. WEST 20-30 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25-36 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2000 FT AGL UNTIL 2300...THEN 200-400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2000. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....58. MIN HUMIDITY........17-20%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......VERY WINDY. WEST 24-38 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 36-52 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2200 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 4000-5000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1000...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN EXCELLENT UNTIL 1700...THEN VERY GOOD. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. BREEZY. WEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. COOLER. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1200. COLDER. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR WHITE RANCH OS PARK - UNITS 24-26. +++ 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 03/02-05 55 0 41 25 W 12 20 4 1 NW49 199 W 20 3418 P 03/02-06 55 0 42 24 W 12 1 262 W 20 4467 P 03/02-07 55 0 44 23 W 10 1 324 W 20 5516 P 03/02-08 55 0 46 22 W 10 18 4 1 W43 387 W 20 6566 P 03/02-09 55 0 49 19 NW 9 1 1843 W 22 42614 F 03/02-10 55 0 53 16 NW 7 1 3299 W 25 78662 G 03/02-11 55 0 56 14 E 6 10 3 1 W44 4754 W 28 114710 V 03/02-12 55 0 57 13 E 6 1 5181 W 29 129886 V 03/02-13 55 0 58 13 SE 6 1 5608 W 30 145063 V 03/02-14 55 0 58 13 SE 7 12 3 1 W43 6034 W 31 160240 E 03/02-15 55 0 58 13 SE 8 1 5235 W 32 145779 V 03/02-16 55 0 57 14 S 9 1 4436 W 35 131318 V 03/02-17 32 0 56 15 SW 12 12 4 1 W33 3637 W 37 116858 V 03/02-18 32 0 54 17 SW 13 1 2489 W 35 75930 G 03/02-19 32 0 51 21 W 15 1 1892 W 35 57182 F 03/02-20 32 0 49 25 W 16 25 3 1 W54 1295 W 35 38435 P 03/02-21 32 0 47 27 W 17 1 1015 W 32 29322 P 03/02-22 32 0 46 29 W 18 1 736 W 30 20208 P 03/02-23 32 0 45 29 W 20 31 2 1 W60 456 W 28 11095 P 03/03-00 32 0 44 30 W 18 1 386 W 25 8784 P 03/03-01 32 0 43 29 W 17 1 315 W 22 6472 P 03/03-02 32 0 43 29 W 17 28 2 1 W31 244 W 20 4161 P 03/03-03 32 0 42 31 W 21 1 251 W 25 5475 P 03/03-04 32 0 42 33 W 25 1 257 W 30 6790 P 03/03-05 32 0 43 36 W 30 48 4 1 NW 7 264 W 36 8105 P 03/03-06 32 0 43 35 W 33 1 369 W 40 13907 P 03/03-07 32 0 44 33 W 36 1 473 W 46 19710 P 03/03-08 32 0 46 30 W 37 59 5 1 W32 578 W 51 25513 P 03/03-09 32 0 49 27 W 37 1 1668 W 51 72409 G 03/03-10 32 0 51 24 W 37 1 2758 W 51 119306 V 03/03-11 32 0 53 22 W 36 58 5 1 W44 3848 W 49 166202 E 03/03-12 32 0 55 21 W 35 1 4251 W 47 173033 E 03/03-13 32 0 56 20 W 32 1 4653 W 45 179863 E 03/03-14 32 0 57 20 W 31 49 5 1 W46 5055 W 43 186694 E 03/03-15 32 0 57 20 W 30 1 4944 W 40 173320 E 03/03-16 32 0 56 21 W 28 1 4833 W 38 159946 E 03/03-17 32 0 54 22 W 26 43 5 1 W48 4722 W 36 146571 V 03/03-18 32 0 52 24 W 25 1 3712 W 36 114918 V 03/03-19 32 0 50 25 W 24 1 2702 W 36 83265 G 03/03-20 32 0 48 27 W 24 39 4 1 W39 1691 W 36 51612 F 03/03-21 32 0 46 30 W 25 1 1252 W 35 37989 P 03/03-22 32 0 45 30 W 26 1 813 W 33 24366 P 03/03-23 32 0 44 32 W 28 44 5 1 W38 374 W 33 10742 P 03/04-00 32 0 43 30 W 28 1 366 W 32 10386 P 03/04-01 32 0 43 28 W 28 1 358 W 32 10029 P 03/04-02 32 0 42 27 W 26 43 4 1 W39 350 W 32 9673 P 03/04-03 32 0 42 28 W 25 1 378 W 32 10670 P 03/04-04 32 0 42 29 W 25 1 406 W 33 11667 P 03/04-05 30 0 42 29 W 24 39 5 1 W30 433 W 33 12664 P 03/04-06 30 0 43 27 W 23 1 684 W 36 21831 P 03/04-07 30 0 44 24 W 23 1 935 W 37 30998 P 03/04-08 30 0 46 22 W 22 35 5 1 W22 1187 W 39 40165 F 03/04-09 30 0 49 21 W 21 1 2183 W 38 70989 G 03/04-10 30 0 51 21 W 21 1 3179 W 37 101813 V 03/04-11 30 0 53 21 W 21 33 5 1 W32 4176 W 37 132636 V 03/04-12 30 0 55 20 W 23 1 4355 W 38 143923 V 03/04-13 30 0 56 19 W 25 1 4534 W 39 155209 E 03/04-14 30 0 56 18 W 29 46 6 1 SW18 4713 W 40 166496 E 03/04-15 30 0 56 17 W 32 1 4121 W 43 151812 E 03/04-16 30 0 55 17 W 36 1 3529 W 46 137127 V 03/04-17 30 0 52 18 W 37 59 6 1 W30 2937 W 48 122443 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...ALLEN GALLAMORE REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090302.WHITE.03/BOU