FNUS75 KBOU 241333 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR PONTIAC PIT PILE BURN...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 733 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE LACK OF AN INVERSION AND MODERATED NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN GOOD MIXING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-42. MIN HUMIDITY........32-38%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 8-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 32-40 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 20-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5600-6600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....18. MAX HUMIDITY........66%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 6-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4600-5600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-42. MIN HUMIDITY........33-40%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 6-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 21-32 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4600-5600 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 10600-11600 FT AGL AFTER 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1000...THEN EXCELLENT. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR PONTIAC PIT PILE BURN. +++ 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 03/24-07 100 43 20 64 NW 7 1 4352 NW 38 144517 V 03/24-08 100 43 23 57 NW 6 1 4596 NW 37 144436 V 03/24-09 100 43 27 51 NW 5 5 2 1 N31 4840 NW 35 144354 V 03/24-10 100 43 30 45 W 7 1 5215 NW 32 145964 V 03/24-11 100 43 34 42 W 9 1 5590 NW 31 147573 V 03/24-12 98 41 37 41 W 10 10 2 1 NW16 5964 NW 29 149182 V 03/24-13 98 41 39 38 W 12 1 6258 NW 26 143072 V 03/24-14 98 41 41 36 W 10 1 6552 NW 24 136962 V 03/24-15 98 41 41 35 W 10 10 2 1 NW15 6846 NW 22 130852 V 03/24-16 98 41 41 35 W 9 1 6636 W 21 121984 V 03/24-17 98 41 40 36 W 9 1 6425 W 21 113116 V 03/24-18 67 32 37 39 W 8 8 2 1 W16 6215 W 20 104248 V 03/24-19 67 32 35 41 W 8 1 5868 W 21 103096 V 03/24-20 67 32 32 46 W 7 1 5522 W 22 101944 V 03/24-21 67 32 28 53 W 7 7 2 1 SW24 5175 W 22 100793 V 03/24-22 67 32 25 58 W 7 1 5080 W 23 100535 V 03/24-23 67 32 24 60 SW 6 1 4985 W 23 100277 V 03/25-00 71 32 22 62 SW 6 6 2 1 W30 4890 W 23 100020 V 03/25-01 71 32 21 64 SW 6 1 4744 W 23 97179 G 03/25-02 71 32 20 65 SW 5 1 4598 W 24 94339 G 03/25-03 71 32 20 66 SW 5 5 2 1 W30 4452 W 24 91498 G 03/25-04 71 32 19 66 SW 5 1 4495 W 23 90147 G 03/25-05 71 32 19 64 W 5 1 4538 W 23 88796 G 03/25-06 88 30 20 63 W 6 6 2 1 W25 4580 W 22 87444 G 03/25-07 88 30 20 63 W 7 1 4892 W 21 91032 G 03/25-08 88 30 22 62 W 7 1 5268 W 22 102655 V 03/25-09 88 30 24 57 W 7 7 2 1 W36 5643 W 23 114279 V 03/25-10 88 30 28 53 W 8 1 7275 W 25 161279 E 03/25-11 88 30 31 50 W 8 1 8908 W 26 208280 E 03/25-12 99 30 33 48 W 9 9 2 1 W36 10540 W 28 255280 E 03/25-13 99 30 35 46 W 9 1 11236 W 29 282410 E 03/25-14 99 30 37 43 W 10 1 11931 W 30 309541 E 03/25-15 99 30 37 42 W 10 10 2 1 NW33 12627 W 31 336671 E 03/25-16 99 30 37 41 W 10 1 11276 W 30 297202 E 03/25-17 99 30 36 41 W 12 1 9925 W 30 257733 E 03/25-18 99 30 34 43 W 12 12 2 1 NW37 8574 W 29 218264 E 03/25-19 99 30 32 47 W 12 1 7562 W 31 199441 E 03/25-20 99 30 30 53 SW 12 1 6550 W 32 180618 E 03/25-21 99 30 27 61 SW 10 10 2 1 W49 5538 W 33 161796 E 03/25-22 100 30 25 68 SW 12 1 5432 W 32 154014 E 03/25-23 100 30 23 72 SW 12 1 5326 W 31 146233 V 03/26-00 100 30 22 76 SW 12 12 2 1 W53 5220 W 31 138452 V 03/26-01 100 30 21 79 SW 12 1 4968 W 31 134388 V 03/26-02 100 30 20 79 SW 12 1 4716 W 32 130323 V 03/26-03 100 30 20 79 SW 12 12 2 1 W54 4464 W 32 126259 V 03/26-04 100 40 19 78 SW 12 1 4202 W 30 111889 V 03/26-05 100 40 20 76 SW 10 1 3941 W 28 97519 G 03/26-06 100 40 20 75 SW 9 9 2 1 W44 3679 W 26 83149 G 03/26-07 100 40 20 74 SW 9 1 3723 SW 24 76393 G 03/26-08 100 40 21 75 SW 9 1 3766 SW 22 69636 G 03/26-09 100 40 23 72 SW 8 8 2 1 W29 3810 SW 20 62879 G 03/26-10 100 40 25 67 S 8 1 4193 SW 17 59975 F 03/26-11 100 40 27 64 S 7 1 4577 SW 15 57071 F 03/26-12 100 40 28 62 S 7 7 2 1 SW18 4960 SW 13 54167 F 03/26-13 100 40 29 59 S 6 1 5020 SW 10 47234 F 03/26-14 100 40 30 57 SE 6 1 5080 S 9 40301 F 03/26-15 100 40 30 56 SE 6 6 2 1 S15 5140 S 7 33369 P 03/26-16 100 40 30 57 E 8 1 5002 SE 13 51422 F 03/26-17 100 40 29 58 E 9 1 4863 E 17 69475 G 03/26-18 100 40 26 64 E 10 10 2 1 S20 4725 E 22 87528 G 03/26-19 100 40 25 68 NE 12 1 3848 E 24 76823 G 03/26-20 100 40 22 78 NE 12 1 2970 NE 28 66118 G 03/26-21 100 40 19 85 NE 13 13 2 1 SE29 2093 NE 30 55413 F 03/26-22 100 40 16 85 NE 13 1 1985 NE 32 54364 F 03/26-23 82 40 15 85 NE 14 1 1876 NE 33 53314 F 03/27-00 82 40 14 85 NE 15 15 2 1 SE30 1767 E 35 52265 F 03/27-01 82 40 13 84 NE 13 1 1791 E 32 49250 F 03/27-02 82 30 12 84 NE 13 1 1815 E 30 46236 F 03/27-03 82 30 11 84 NE 12 12 2 1 SE37 1839 E 28 43221 F 03/27-04 82 30 11 84 N 10 1 1881 E 24 39273 P 03/27-05 82 30 11 84 N 10 1 1922 E 21 35325 P 03/27-06 76 30 11 84 N 10 10 2 1 SE31 1964 E 18 31378 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...DOUG WATRY REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090324.PONTI.01/BOU