FNUS75 KBOU 091026 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR COUNTY COMMONS PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 425 AM MDT MON MAR 9 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY TONIGHT AND INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE GOOD DISPERSAL AFTER 1200. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 1200. MAX TEMPERATURE.....38. MIN HUMIDITY........32%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 11-17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-3000 FT AGL UNTIL 1200...THEN 4600-5200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. VERY GOOD AFTER 1200. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 2400...THEN SNOW LIKELY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....10. MAX HUMIDITY........89%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 12-21 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 21-32 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3800-4800 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 200-1200 FT AGL AFTER 2200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2200. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 1500...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....25. MIN HUMIDITY........42%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 12-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 24-32 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 41-52 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL UNTIL 0700. 6200-7200 FT AGL AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1600. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1600. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 1800. NOT AS COOL. LOWS AROUND 4. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0600... THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 10. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 14. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR COUNTY COMMONS 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 03/09-04 30 0 16 56 SW 13 1 269 SW 17 4095 P 03/09-05 30 0 16 55 SW 12 1 286 SW 16 4042 P 03/09-06 61 2 16 54 SW 10 10 2 1 SW30 304 W 15 3988 P 03/09-07 61 2 17 53 SW 10 1 780 W 18 15086 P 03/09-08 61 2 19 51 W 10 1 1257 W 22 26184 P 03/09-09 61 2 22 47 W 12 12 2 1 SW33 1734 W 24 37282 P 03/09-10 61 2 25 43 W 13 1 2679 W 25 57678 F 03/09-11 61 2 29 39 W 15 1 3624 SW 25 78073 G 03/09-12 70 10 32 36 W 16 25 2 1 SW37 4569 SW 25 98469 G 03/09-13 70 10 34 34 W 16 1 4766 SW 25 103565 V 03/09-14 70 10 36 33 W 16 1 4962 SW 25 108662 V 03/09-15 81 10 36 32 SW 15 24 2 1 SW38 5159 SW 25 113759 V 03/09-16 81 10 36 33 SW 15 1 5036 SW 28 118213 V 03/09-17 81 10 34 35 SW 14 1 4912 SW 29 122668 V 03/09-18 90 50 31 41 SW 14 22 2 1 SW44 4788 SW 31 127122 V 03/09-19 90 50 29 45 SW 13 1 3753 SW 30 98316 G 03/09-20 90 50 25 52 SW 13 1 2717 SW 29 69510 G 03/09-21 90 50 21 60 SW 13 13 2 1 SW48 1681 SW 28 40704 F 03/09-22 90 50 19 67 SW 14 1 1220 SW 25 28921 P 03/09-23 90 50 17 73 SW 15 1 759 SW 23 17138 P 03/10-00 98 70 15 77 SW 16 25 2 1 SW62 298 SW 21 5355 P 03/10-01 98 70 14 82 SW 17 1 334 SW 22 6410 P 03/10-02 98 70 13 85 SW 20 1 370 SW 23 7466 P 03/10-03 90 70 12 87 SW 20 31 2 1 SW60 406 SW 24 8522 P 03/10-04 90 70 12 89 SW 18 1 438 SW 23 8667 P 03/10-05 90 70 12 88 SW 16 1 470 SW 22 8812 P 03/10-06 97 73 12 87 SW 14 22 2 1 SW59 502 SW 21 8957 P 03/10-07 97 73 13 76 W 15 1 03/10-08 97 73 13 70 W 16 1 03/10-09 97 73 15 62 W 16 25 2 1 W73 4655 W 38 155148 E 03/10-10 97 73 17 60 W 17 1 03/10-11 97 73 19 60 W 17 1 03/10-12 90 67 21 60 W 17 28 2 1 W75 7259 W 45 280853 E 03/10-13 90 67 23 53 W 17 1 03/10-14 90 67 24 47 W 16 1 03/10-15 95 44 24 43 W 15 24 2 1 W91 6038 W 47 248226 E 03/10-16 95 44 24 42 W 15 1 03/10-17 95 44 23 43 W 15 1 03/10-18 84 26 20 47 W 15 24 2 1 W82 4309 W 45 166076 E 03/10-19 84 26 18 50 W 15 1 03/10-20 84 26 15 55 W 14 1 03/10-21 86 18 13 60 W 14 22 3 1 W73 2148 W 33 63230 G 03/10-22 86 18 11 62 W 14 1 03/10-23 86 18 9 63 W 14 1 03/11-00 51 5 8 61 W 13 13 3 1 W64 1127 W 25 24545 P 03/11-01 51 5 7 62 W 13 1 03/11-02 51 5 6 62 W 12 1 03/11-03 47 5 5 62 W 12 12 3 1 W59 424 W 16 5886 P 03/11-04 47 5 5 61 W 7 1 03/11-05 47 5 5 60 W 6 1 03/11-06 51 6 5 59 W 6 6 3 1 W53 293 W 12 2869 P 03/11-07 51 6 6 60 W 5 1 03/11-08 51 6 9 54 W 5 1 03/11-09 51 6 14 47 W 5 5 2 1 W53 1199 W 5 4794 P 03/11-10 51 6 19 40 W 6 1 03/11-11 51 6 24 35 W 7 1 03/11-12 65 6 28 32 W 8 8 2 1 W51 5399 W 8 37791 P 03/11-13 65 6 31 28 W 9 1 03/11-14 65 6 34 25 W 9 1 03/11-15 65 6 35 24 W 10 10 3 1 W49 6686 W 10 60176 G 03/11-16 65 6 34 25 W 9 1 03/11-17 65 6 33 27 W 8 1 03/11-18 46 8 30 30 W 8 8 3 1 W51 5587 W 8 39108 P 03/11-19 46 8 28 34 W 7 1 03/11-20 46 8 24 39 SW 6 1 03/11-21 46 8 21 46 SW 5 5 2 1 W48 1534 SW 5 6137 P 03/11-22 46 8 18 50 SW 5 1 03/11-23 46 8 16 52 SW 5 1 03/12-00 51 8 15 53 SW 5 5 2 1 W49 252 SW 5 1009 P 03/12-01 51 8 13 55 SW 5 1 03/12-02 51 8 12 56 SW 5 1 03/12-03 51 8 12 58 SW 5 5 2 1 W51 185 SW 5 741 P 03/12-04 51 8 11 58 SW 5 1 03/12-05 51 8 11 58 SW 3 1 03/12-06 66 19 12 58 SW 3 3 2 1 W46 0 SW 3 0 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 $$ WFO BOULDER REQUESTED BY...TODD KING REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090309.COUNT.01/BOU