FNUS75 KBOU 251417 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR REEN RIDGE RX...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 811 AM MDT WED MAR 25 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. A STRONGER STORM WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY LATER TONIGHT. SNOW WILL SPREAD AHEAD OF THE STORM TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMLATIONS BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH SNOW ENDING BY FRIDAY MORNING. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....30. MIN HUMIDITY........55%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 8-16 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20-24 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 25-36 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6000-7000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 0900. EXCELLENT AFTER 1500. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 2400...THEN SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....20. MAX HUMIDITY........82%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 10-16 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25-36 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN SOUTHWEST 5-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4400-5400 FT AGL UNTIL 2400...THEN 2200-3200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2000. POOR AFTER 0300. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1100...THEN SNOW LIKELY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....23. MIN HUMIDITY........76%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 5-6 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN NORTHEAST 13-19 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8-16 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN EAST 20-24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL UNTIL 0700...THEN 4400-5200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1200...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN GOOD. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY...SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 0600...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1200. LOWS AROUND 2. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 11. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 17. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR REEN RIDGE 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 03/25-08 88 41 20 75 W 8 1 4991 W 22 96866 G 03/25-09 88 41 22 73 W 8 8 2 1 NW35 5334 W 24 109555 V 03/25-10 88 41 24 70 W 9 1 5634 W 24 119546 V 03/25-11 88 41 26 67 W 10 1 5934 W 25 129537 V 03/25-12 87 49 27 64 W 12 12 2 1 W28 6234 W 25 139528 V 03/25-13 87 49 28 61 W 13 1 6575 W 29 163498 E 03/25-14 87 49 29 57 W 14 1 6917 W 31 187469 E 03/25-15 87 49 30 55 W 15 24 3 1 W39 7258 W 33 211439 E 03/25-16 87 49 30 55 W 16 1 6689 W 36 203345 E 03/25-17 87 49 29 56 W 16 1 6121 W 37 195250 E 03/25-18 93 66 28 59 W 16 25 2 1 NW52 5553 W 39 187156 E 03/25-19 93 66 27 62 SW 12 1 5376 W 33 156831 E 03/25-20 93 66 26 66 SW 12 1 5200 W 28 126506 V 03/25-21 93 66 24 71 SW 12 12 3 1 W53 5024 W 22 96181 G 03/25-22 93 66 23 75 SW 13 1 4571 W 21 82051 G 03/25-23 93 66 22 78 SW 13 1 4118 W 18 67921 G 03/26-00 100 83 22 80 SW 13 13 3 1 W41 3666 W 17 53790 F 03/26-01 100 83 21 80 SW 13 1 3186 W 13 39576 P 03/26-02 100 83 21 80 SW 13 1 2705 SW 9 25361 P 03/26-03 100 83 20 79 SW 10 10 2 1 W38 2225 SW 6 11146 P 03/26-04 100 83 20 78 S 8 1 2112 S 6 9766 P 03/26-05 100 83 20 77 S 5 1 2000 SE 5 8387 P 03/26-06 100 50 21 76 S 2 2 3 1 W28 1888 E 5 7007 P 03/26-07 100 50 21 77 SE 3 1 4472 SW 9 33911 P 03/26-08 100 50 20 81 E 6 1 4459 SE 9 34136 P 03/26-09 100 50 21 82 E 7 7 3 1 SW24 4446 E 9 34361 P 03/26-10 100 50 22 83 E 9 1 4657 E 14 57052 F 03/26-11 100 60 22 84 E 13 1 4867 E 18 79744 G 03/26-12 100 60 23 83 NE 15 24 2 1 SW23 5077 E 23 102436 V 03/26-13 100 60 23 83 NE 16 1 5104 E 23 104237 V 03/26-14 100 60 23 82 NE 17 1 5131 E 24 106038 V 03/26-15 100 60 23 82 NE 17 28 2 1 SW16 5157 E 24 107839 V 03/26-16 100 60 23 82 NE 16 1 5071 E 21 94051 G 03/26-17 100 60 21 84 NE 15 1 4985 E 18 80262 G 03/26-18 100 60 19 94 NE 14 22 2 1 S14 4899 E 16 66473 G 03/26-19 100 60 17 100 NE 12 1 3952 NE 14 51216 F 03/26-20 100 60 14 100 NE 9 1 3006 NE 13 35959 P 03/26-21 100 60 11 100 NE 7 7 2 1 SE 5 2059 NE 12 20703 P 03/26-22 100 60 9 100 N 7 1 1824 NE 10 16371 P 03/26-23 100 60 7 100 N 6 1 1590 N 8 12040 P 03/27-00 100 60 6 100 N 5 5 2 1 NE 2 1355 N 7 7708 P 03/27-01 100 60 5 100 N 5 1 1240 N 6 6703 P 03/27-02 79 60 4 100 N 3 1 1124 N 6 5697 P 03/27-03 79 10 4 100 N 2 2 2 1 SW 5 1009 N 6 4692 P 03/27-04 79 10 4 100 NE 2 1 954 N 5 3775 P 03/27-05 79 10 4 100 NE 2 1 900 N 3 2858 P 03/27-06 79 10 4 100 E 2 2 2 1 W 8 846 N 2 1942 P 03/27-07 79 10 5 100 NE 2 1 1259 N 3 5065 P 03/27-08 49 10 7 100 N 2 1 1671 NW 5 8187 P 03/27-09 49 0 11 100 N 2 2 3 1 NW10 2084 NW 6 11310 P 03/27-10 49 0 15 100 NW 3 1 2893 NW 8 24339 P 03/27-11 49 0 19 95 NW 6 1 3702 NW 10 37368 P 03/27-12 49 0 22 85 NW 7 7 2 1 N20 4511 NW 13 50396 F 03/27-13 49 0 24 76 W 8 1 4783 NW 14 56586 F 03/27-14 49 0 26 70 W 9 1 5056 NW 14 62777 G 03/27-15 49 0 27 65 W 9 9 2 1 N26 5328 NW 15 68967 G 03/27-16 63 0 27 66 W 9 1 5102 NW 15 68316 G 03/27-17 63 0 26 67 W 9 1 4876 NW 16 67666 G 03/27-18 63 0 25 69 W 9 9 2 1 N45 4650 NW 16 67016 G 03/27-19 63 0 23 67 W 7 1 3912 NW 14 51652 F 03/27-20 63 0 21 67 W 6 1 3174 W 13 36287 P 03/27-21 63 0 18 68 W 3 3 3 1 N48 2436 W 10 20923 P 03/27-22 63 0 16 70 SW 3 1 2113 W 9 16933 P 03/27-23 63 0 15 70 SW 3 1 1790 W 8 12944 P 03/28-00 63 0 14 73 S 3 3 2 1 N43 1467 W 7 8954 P 03/28-01 63 0 13 75 S 3 1 1393 W 7 8433 P 03/28-02 63 0 13 76 S 3 1 1319 SW 7 7912 P 03/28-03 44 0 12 80 S 5 5 2 1 NW40 1245 SW 7 7390 P 03/28-04 44 0 12 80 S 6 1 1266 SW 7 8018 P 03/28-05 44 0 12 81 SW 7 1 1286 SW 8 8645 P 03/28-06 44 0 12 82 SW 8 8 2 1 NW46 1307 SW 8 9272 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...ENTREKIN REQUESTED BY...FELIX VALDEZ REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090325.REENR.01/BOU