FNUS75 KBOU 260036 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITE RANCH SLASH PILE...COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 633 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHWARD INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COLDER WITH HIGH HUMIDITY READINGS. SOME SUNSHINE AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN BY FRIDAY. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....23. MIN HUMIDITY........88%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. NORTH/NORTHEAST 15-25 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 13-24 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN NORTHEAST 28-32 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3600-4600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1200...THEN VERY GOOD. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....15. MAX HUMIDITY........100%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH 14-24 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN 7-11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 20-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 0300...THEN FAIR. 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%). CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1200...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....41. MIN HUMIDITY........30%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH 5-11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 12-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4600-5600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 0800...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1500...THEN FAIR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 19. HIGHS AROUND 40. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 1800. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0600. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR WHITE RANCH SLASH PILE. +++ 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 03/26-05 100 42 24 94 NE 10 1 1621 E 12 17016 P 03/26-06 100 83 24 95 NE 12 12 2 1 W35 1708 E 14 21160 P 03/26-07 100 83 24 95 NE 13 1 1887 E 15 25445 P 03/26-08 100 83 23 100 NE 14 1 2065 E 16 29730 P 03/26-09 100 83 23 98 NE 15 23 2 1 W13 2244 E 17 34015 P 03/26-10 100 83 23 97 NE 16 1 2307 E 21 41628 F 03/26-11 100 83 23 95 N 17 1 2371 NE 24 49241 F 03/26-12 100 89 23 93 N 18 28 2 1 SE17 2434 NE 26 56854 F 03/26-13 100 89 23 92 N 20 1 3145 NE 29 79167 G 03/26-14 100 89 23 90 N 20 1 3856 NE 30 101481 V 03/26-15 100 89 23 89 N 21 31 2 1 SE20 4567 NE 31 123794 V 03/26-16 100 89 23 88 N 21 1 4704 NE 29 117027 V 03/26-17 100 89 23 89 N 22 1 4841 NE 26 110259 V 03/26-18 100 90 22 91 N 22 33 2 1 E25 4978 NE 24 103492 V 03/26-19 100 90 21 95 N 20 1 4842 NE 24 100941 V 03/26-20 100 90 20 100 N 20 1 4667 NE 24 98472 G 03/26-21 100 90 19 100 N 20 30 2 1 SE35 4492 NE 24 96004 G 03/26-22 100 90 18 100 N 18 1 4180 NE 24 87647 G 03/26-23 100 90 17 100 N 17 1 3867 NE 23 79290 G 03/27-00 100 90 17 100 N 15 23 2 1 SE32 3555 NE 23 70933 G 03/27-01 100 90 16 100 N 13 1 3401 NE 22 65836 G 03/27-02 100 90 16 92 N 10 1 3247 NE 22 60739 G 03/27-03 100 90 16 86 N 9 9 2 1 E23 3093 NE 21 55641 F 03/27-04 100 90 16 81 N 9 1 2970 NE 21 52438 F 03/27-05 100 90 16 77 N 9 1 2848 N 20 49235 F 03/27-06 79 40 16 76 N 9 9 2 1 E25 2725 N 20 46032 F 03/27-07 79 40 16 77 N 9 1 3088 N 20 53003 F 03/27-08 79 40 20 67 N 8 1 3451 NE 20 59973 F 03/27-09 79 40 24 59 N 8 8 2 1 E24 3814 NE 21 66944 G 03/27-10 79 40 28 50 N 8 1 4292 NE 18 68335 G 03/27-11 79 40 31 44 N 7 1 4770 NE 17 69726 G 03/27-12 49 20 34 40 N 7 7 2 1 NE22 5248 NE 16 71117 G 03/27-13 49 20 37 36 N 7 1 5378 NE 14 64115 G 03/27-14 49 20 39 33 N 6 1 5508 NE 12 57113 F 03/27-15 49 20 39 31 N 6 6 2 1 NE15 5639 NE 10 50111 F 03/27-16 46 20 39 30 N 6 1 5080 N 12 48112 F 03/27-17 46 20 38 31 N 5 1 4520 N 12 46113 F 03/27-18 46 0 36 32 N 5 5 2 1 N13 3961 N 13 44113 F 03/27-19 46 0 34 32 N 6 1 3010 N 10 31254 P 03/27-20 46 0 31 36 NW 6 1 2058 N 8 18395 P 03/27-21 46 0 28 40 NW 7 7 2 1 NW18 1107 N 6 5536 P 03/27-22 46 0 26 45 NW 7 1 865 NW 6 4371 P 03/27-23 46 0 24 49 W 6 1 624 W 6 3206 P 03/28-00 46 0 23 53 W 6 6 2 1 N30 383 W 6 2041 P 03/28-01 46 0 22 57 W 6 1 338 W 7 1885 P 03/28-02 46 0 21 59 NW 6 1 292 W 7 1728 P 03/28-03 33 0 20 60 NW 7 7 2 1 N32 247 W 7 1571 P 03/28-04 33 0 20 57 NW 8 1 247 W 8 1659 P 03/28-05 33 0 20 54 NW 9 1 247 W 8 1747 P 03/28-06 33 0 20 51 NW 9 9 3 1 N32 247 W 8 1834 P 03/28-07 33 0 21 50 NW 8 1 339 W 7 1774 P 03/28-08 33 0 23 49 NW 6 1 432 NW 6 1714 P 03/28-09 33 0 26 45 NW 5 5 2 1 N32 525 NW 3 1654 P 03/28-10 33 0 29 41 W 5 1 1473 NW 7 13376 P 03/28-11 33 0 32 41 W 5 1 2421 NW 9 25097 P 03/28-12 33 0 35 39 SW 6 6 2 1 N31 3370 NW 13 36818 P 03/28-13 33 0 37 36 SW 6 1 3493 NW 13 40075 F 03/28-14 33 0 38 34 SW 7 1 3616 NW 14 43332 F 03/28-15 33 0 39 32 SW 7 7 2 1 NW33 3739 NW 14 46589 F 03/28-16 33 0 39 30 W 7 1 2940 NW 15 37105 P 03/28-17 33 0 38 29 W 8 1 2141 NW 15 27622 P 03/28-18 30 0 37 29 W 8 8 2 1 NW44 1342 W 16 18138 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...KEITH BOL REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090326.WHITE.02/BOU