FNUS75 KBOU 301227 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITE RANCH SLASH PILE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 619 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW OVER NORTHWESTERN COLORADO WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN COLORADO BY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP AS A SURFACE LOW STRENGTHENS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....26. MIN HUMIDITY........43%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. NORTHWEST 18-28 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13-24 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN NORTHWEST 28-32 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......7600-8600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 0700. EXCELLENT AFTER 1400. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 2100...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 2400. MIN TEMPERATURE.....16. MAX HUMIDITY........81%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. NORTHWEST 17-27 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 24-32 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......7400-8400 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. 2400-2800 FT AGL AFTER 0300. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2000. FAIR AFTER 0300. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....35. MIN HUMIDITY........36%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. WEST 26-36 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 24-32 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3200 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 5600-6600 FT AGL AFTER 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 0800. VERY GOOD AFTER 1100. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 0600 UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0600. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER 0600 UNTIL 1800...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. 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 03/30-06 76 59 27 61 W 8 8 2 1 SW35 4366 W 13 49935 F 03/30-07 76 59 27 59 W 15 1 4782 W 15 65849 G 03/30-08 76 59 25 65 W 21 1 5197 W 17 81764 G 03/30-09 76 59 25 64 W 24 39 2 1 W39 5613 W 20 97679 G 03/30-10 76 59 25 62 NW 25 1 6274 W 23 128155 V 03/30-11 76 59 25 59 NW 24 1 6935 NW 25 158631 E 03/30-12 77 40 26 57 NW 23 37 2 1 NW44 7596 NW 29 189107 E 03/30-13 77 40 26 53 NW 22 1 8024 NW 30 208114 E 03/30-14 77 40 26 49 NW 22 1 8452 NW 31 227121 E 03/30-15 77 40 26 46 NW 22 35 2 1 NW45 8880 NW 32 246128 E 03/30-16 77 40 26 44 NW 23 1 8707 NW 32 242917 E 03/30-17 77 40 25 43 NW 23 1 8534 NW 32 239707 E 03/30-18 74 20 24 44 NW 23 37 2 1 NW46 8361 NW 32 236496 E 03/30-19 74 20 23 46 NW 21 1 7404 NW 32 206709 E 03/30-20 74 20 22 51 NW 17 1 6447 NW 31 176922 E 03/30-21 74 20 20 58 NW 15 24 2 1 NW51 5490 NW 31 147135 V 03/30-22 74 20 19 64 NW 15 1 4989 NW 30 129545 V 03/30-23 74 20 19 70 NW 16 1 4488 NW 29 111956 V 03/31-00 74 7 18 75 NW 17 28 2 1 N56 3988 NW 28 94367 G 03/31-01 74 7 18 78 NW 20 1 3600 NW 25 81825 G 03/31-02 74 7 17 80 W 22 1 3212 NW 24 69282 G 03/31-03 74 7 17 80 W 23 37 2 1 NW55 2824 NW 23 56740 F 03/31-04 74 7 17 80 W 24 1 2630 NW 23 52326 F 03/31-05 74 7 17 78 W 25 1 2437 W 23 47913 F 03/31-06 50 0 17 77 W 25 40 2 1 NW54 2243 W 22 43499 F 03/31-07 50 0 17 81 W 29 1 1710 NW 37 52910 F 03/31-08 50 0 20 72 W 32 1 2618 NW 36 79129 G 03/31-09 50 0 22 58 W 33 53 3 1 NW35 3525 NW 35 105348 V 03/31-10 50 0 29 47 W 31 1 4898 NW 31 124278 V 03/31-11 50 0 32 42 W 28 1 6271 NW 28 143208 V 03/31-12 50 0 33 40 W 24 39 3 1 NW32 7644 NW 24 162138 E 03/31-13 50 0 34 39 W 24 1 7341 NW 25 161509 E 03/31-14 50 0 35 36 W 25 1 7037 NW 26 160880 E 03/31-15 50 0 35 38 W 26 43 3 1 NW20 6733 NW 28 160251 E 03/31-16 50 0 34 38 W 25 1 5897 NW 30 149205 V 03/31-17 50 0 34 37 W 24 1 5061 NW 32 138158 V 03/31-18 60 9 33 40 W 24 39 3 1 NW35 4225 NW 35 127112 V 03/31-19 60 9 31 45 W 25 1 3505 W 38 110472 V 03/31-20 60 9 29 50 W 26 1 2784 W 40 93832 G 03/31-21 60 9 28 54 W 29 46 3 1 NW36 2064 W 43 77192 G 03/31-22 60 9 27 58 W 31 1 1507 W 43 56097 F 03/31-23 60 9 26 63 W 32 1 951 W 41 35002 P 04/01-00 60 9 25 67 W 32 52 3 1 NW33 395 W 40 13907 P 04/01-01 60 9 25 65 W 30 1 366 W 37 11998 P 04/01-02 60 9 25 64 W 26 1 337 W 33 10089 P 04/01-03 60 9 25 64 W 24 39 3 1 NW26 308 W 31 8181 P 04/01-04 60 9 25 65 W 24 1 294 W 30 7604 P 04/01-05 60 9 24 65 W 25 1 280 W 29 7028 P 04/01-06 76 48 24 65 W 26 43 3 1 W41 266 W 28 6452 P 04/01-07 76 48 24 66 W 25 1 1579 W 30 46055 F 04/01-08 76 48 25 63 NW 24 1 2892 W 32 85659 G 04/01-09 76 48 27 58 NW 23 37 3 1 W40 4205 NW 35 125262 V 04/01-10 76 48 29 53 NW 22 1 4729 NW 33 134179 V 04/01-11 76 48 31 50 NW 21 1 5254 NW 31 143095 V 04/01-12 76 48 31 48 W 21 33 3 1 SW29 5779 W 30 152011 E 04/01-13 76 48 31 47 W 22 1 5831 W 31 156270 E 04/01-14 76 48 32 47 NW 23 1 5883 NW 31 160528 E 04/01-15 76 48 31 48 NW 23 37 3 1 W21 5935 NW 32 164786 E 04/01-16 76 48 31 47 NW 22 1 6568 NW 31 175650 E 04/01-17 76 48 31 47 N 21 1 7201 N 30 186514 E 04/01-18 75 20 30 50 N 20 31 3 1 NW17 7833 N 29 197377 E 04/01-19 75 20 28 57 N 21 1 6913 N 30 180551 E 04/01-20 75 20 26 64 N 21 1 5993 N 32 163724 E 04/01-21 75 20 24 70 N 20 31 3 1 N21 5072 N 33 146898 V 04/01-22 75 20 24 73 N 15 1 4412 N 26 108416 V 04/01-23 75 20 23 76 NW 9 1 3751 N 18 69933 G 04/02-00 56 10 22 79 NW 3 3 3 1 N21 3091 N 12 31451 P 04/02-01 56 10 22 75 NW 2 1 2818 NW 10 27056 P 04/02-02 56 10 22 72 NW 3 1 2544 NW 10 22661 P 04/02-03 56 10 22 72 W 6 6 2 1 NW28 2271 W 9 18267 P 04/02-04 56 10 22 71 W 9 1 2112 W 13 23147 P 04/02-05 56 10 21 70 W 14 1 1953 W 17 28027 P 04/02-06 47 0 21 68 W 16 25 3 N54 1794 W 21 32907 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 20090330.WHITE.02/BOU