FNUS75 KBOU 260300 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR SUGARLOAF F1...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 900 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BE MOVING OVER THE STATE ON THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE FALLING...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S AND NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON ROADS DIFFICULT BY AFTERNOON. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW BECOMING LIKELY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....15-20. MAX HUMIDITY........95-100%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 8-12 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20-28 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN SOUTH 5-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-3600 FT AGL UNTIL 2200. 500-1000 FT AGL AFTER 2400. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2100. POOR AFTER 2300. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....22-26. MIN HUMIDITY........85-90%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST 10-16 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 13-24 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 25-32 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000-5000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900. VERY GOOD AFTER 1200. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....8-14. MAX HUMIDITY........100%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST 8-14 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 17-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4000-5000 FT AGL UNTIL 2300...THEN 1000-1500 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 0100. POOR AFTER 0300. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%) UNTIL 1500...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1200. MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-34. MIN HUMIDITY........50-58%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 9-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500-4500 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1500...THEN POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 17. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 1800. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0600. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS AROUND 40. WEST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR SUGARLOAF F1. +++ 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 03/25-20 92 71 25 72 W 10 1 3586 W 26 85418 G 03/25-21 92 71 23 79 W 9 9 3 1 W40 2852 W 26 64656 G 03/25-22 92 71 22 84 W 8 1 2041 W 23 44977 F 03/25-23 92 71 21 88 W 8 1 1229 W 20 25298 P 03/26-00 100 71 20 91 W 7 7 2 1 W21 418 W 15 5619 P 03/26-01 100 71 19 94 W 6 1 718 SW 12 5088 P 03/26-02 100 71 19 96 NW 6 1 1018 S 8 4558 P 03/26-03 100 80 18 98 NW 6 6 2 1 W37 1318 S 3 4027 P 03/26-04 100 80 18 100 N 6 1 1430 SE 6 8302 P 03/26-05 100 80 18 100 N 6 1 1543 SE 9 12578 P 03/26-06 100 100 18 100 N 6 6 2 1 W33 1656 E 12 16853 P 03/26-07 100 100 19 99 N 7 1 2181 E 14 27595 P 03/26-08 100 100 19 100 N 8 1 2707 E 16 38336 P 03/26-09 100 100 19 97 N 10 10 2 1 SW16 3233 E 17 49077 F 03/26-10 100 100 21 94 N 12 1 3730 E 22 73367 G 03/26-11 100 100 21 91 N 13 1 4227 E 25 97657 G 03/26-12 100 100 22 89 N 14 14 2 1 SE23 4724 E 30 121946 V 03/26-13 100 100 23 87 NE 14 1 4792 E 30 122580 V 03/26-14 100 100 23 87 NE 13 1 4861 E 29 123213 V 03/26-15 100 100 23 87 NE 13 13 2 1 SE25 4930 E 29 123846 V 03/26-16 100 100 23 88 NE 13 1 4925 E 28 117377 V 03/26-17 100 100 22 92 NE 13 1 4920 E 26 110908 V 03/26-18 100 90 20 100 NE 13 13 2 1 E26 4916 E 24 104439 V 03/26-19 100 90 19 96 NE 12 1 4690 E 24 97680 G 03/26-20 100 90 17 100 NE 10 1 4448 E 23 90585 G 03/26-21 100 90 15 100 NE 9 9 2 1 SE35 4206 E 23 83490 G 03/26-22 100 90 14 100 NE 8 1 3825 NE 23 75790 G 03/26-23 100 90 13 100 NE 8 1 3445 NE 23 68089 G 03/27-00 100 90 12 100 NE 7 7 2 1 SE36 3065 NE 23 60388 G 03/27-01 100 90 11 100 NE 6 1 2798 NE 22 52591 F 03/27-02 100 90 11 100 E 5 1 2531 NE 20 44795 F 03/27-03 100 90 10 100 E 3 3 2 1 SE23 2265 NE 18 36998 P 03/27-04 100 90 10 100 E 3 1 2081 NE 17 32434 P 03/27-05 100 90 10 100 E 3 1 1897 NE 17 27870 P 03/27-06 79 20 10 100 E 3 3 2 1 E24 1713 NE 16 23305 P 03/27-07 79 20 11 100 E 3 1 2035 NE 16 28559 P 03/27-08 79 20 13 100 E 3 1 2358 NE 16 33813 P 03/27-09 79 20 16 93 NE 3 3 2 1 E24 2680 NE 17 39067 P 03/27-10 79 20 20 82 E 5 1 3272 NE 16 44469 F 03/27-11 79 20 23 73 E 6 1 3864 NE 15 49872 F 03/27-12 49 0 26 68 E 6 6 2 1 NE18 4456 NE 14 55275 F 03/27-13 49 0 28 61 E 6 1 4553 NE 13 47496 F 03/27-14 49 0 29 58 NE 5 1 4650 NE 10 39717 P 03/27-15 49 0 30 56 NE 3 3 2 1 NE 9 4747 NE 8 31938 P 03/27-16 64 0 30 55 N 2 1 4370 N 9 33769 P 03/27-17 64 0 29 56 NW 2 1 3993 N 10 35600 P 03/27-18 64 0 28 58 W 2 2 2 1 NW14 3616 NW 12 37431 P 03/27-19 64 0 27 57 W 5 1 2810 NW 12 28065 P 03/27-20 64 0 25 60 W 7 1 2003 NW 10 18699 P 03/27-21 64 0 23 63 W 9 9 2 1 N22 1196 NW 9 9333 P 03/27-22 64 0 22 66 W 12 1 1170 W 10 9948 P 03/27-23 64 0 21 69 W 13 1 1144 W 10 10563 P 03/28-00 64 0 20 70 W 14 14 3 1 N30 1118 W 12 11178 P 03/28-01 64 0 19 72 W 15 1 1083 W 12 10576 P 03/28-02 64 0 19 73 W 16 1 1047 W 12 9975 P 03/28-03 37 0 18 72 W 16 24 2 1 N30 1012 NW 10 9373 P 03/28-04 37 0 18 67 W 17 1 1007 NW 12 9579 P 03/28-05 37 0 18 62 W 17 1 1002 NW 12 9785 P 03/28-06 37 0 18 58 W 17 26 2 1 N31 997 NW 12 9990 P 03/28-07 37 0 19 59 W 16 1 1149 W 12 11096 P 03/28-08 37 0 21 59 W 15 1 1300 W 10 12202 P 03/28-09 37 0 23 59 W 14 14 2 1 N35 1452 W 10 13308 P 03/28-10 37 0 26 57 W 13 1 1944 NW 14 25134 P 03/28-11 37 0 29 57 W 12 1 2435 NW 16 36959 P 03/28-12 37 0 31 55 W 10 10 2 1 N32 2927 NW 20 48785 F 03/28-13 37 0 32 54 W 9 1 2956 NW 18 48513 F 03/28-14 37 0 34 52 W 9 1 2984 NW 18 48241 F 03/28-15 37 0 34 50 W 9 9 2 1 NW36 3012 NW 18 47969 F 03/28-16 37 0 34 48 W 9 1 2646 NW 18 42756 F 03/28-17 37 0 34 46 W 10 1 2279 NW 20 37543 P 03/28-18 29 0 33 47 W 10 10 2 1 NW47 1912 NW 20 32330 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 $$ DANKERS...WFO BOULDER REQUESTED BY...ED LEBLANC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090325.SUGAR.01/BOU