FNUS75 KBOU 261513 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR RMA SLASH PILES...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 900 AM MDT TUE MAY 26 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THERE IS ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SPRINKLE THIS MORNING...THEN A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF A MID TO LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM. NORTH WINDS AND A LITTLE HEATING WILL PROVIDE GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL...THOUGH WINDS WILL TURN MORE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND DROP OFF A BIT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A SHALLOW INVERSION WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING POSSIBLY EVEN BEFORE SUNSET. WEDNESDAY WILL START WITH A SHALLOW INVERSION AND WINDS ALOFT WILL BE LIGHTER...DELAYING FAIR SMOKE DISPERSION UNTIL LATE MORNING. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL 1200...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-64. MIN HUMIDITY........48-56%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH 8-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 20 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 MPH AFTER 1400. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL RISING TO 5000 FT AGL BY 1400. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN FAIR. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(40-50%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-49. MAX HUMIDITY........80-90%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 6-10 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN SOUTH 2-4 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN SOUTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. 200-400 FT AGL AFTER 2100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1300...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200. MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76. MIN HUMIDITY........28-32%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE 0-5 MPH BECOMING NORTH 4-10 MPH BY 1100. TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING NORTH 10 MPH BY 1100. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FT AGL BY 1100 AND 9000 FT AGL BY 1400. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN GOOD. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR RMA SLASH PILES. +++ 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 05/26-08 98 10 53 80 NW 7 1 2838 N 20 54794 F 05/26-09 92 10 54 76 NW 9 9 2 1 N24 4036 N 23 79784 G 05/26-10 86 10 55 72 NW 10 1 4622 N 21 79232 G 05/26-11 87 10 56 68 N 12 1 5209 N 18 78680 G 05/26-12 71 10 58 63 N 12 12 2 2 N21 5796 N 15 78128 G 05/26-13 71 10 59 60 N 10 2 5958 N 14 71795 G 05/26-14 71 10 60 57 N 8 2 6119 N 13 65462 G 05/26-15 61 10 60 55 N 7 7 2 2 NW23 6281 N 10 59129 F 05/26-16 61 10 61 52 NW 7 2 5931 N 9 47213 F 05/26-17 61 10 61 51 NW 8 2 5580 N 7 35296 P 05/26-18 53 0 60 52 NW 8 8 2 1 N24 5230 N 5 23379 P 05/26-19 53 0 59 55 NW 6 1 3586 N 5 15786 P 05/26-20 53 0 57 61 NW 2 1 1942 NE 3 8193 P 05/26-21 44 0 55 67 CALM 0 2 1 N24 298 NE 2 600 P 05/26-22 44 0 53 73 CALM 1 313 E 3 911 P 05/26-23 44 0 52 78 SW 2 1 328 SE 5 1221 P 05/27-00 39 0 51 82 S 5 5 2 1 N17 343 S 5 1531 P 05/27-01 39 0 50 85 S 6 1 347 S 5 1333 P 05/27-02 39 0 49 86 S 6 1 351 S 3 1134 P 05/27-03 39 0 49 87 S 6 6 2 1 N17 356 S 3 935 P 05/27-04 39 0 48 86 SW 5 1 425 SW 2 927 P 05/27-05 39 0 48 84 NW 3 1 494 NW 2 918 P 05/27-06 30 0 48 82 CALM 1 2 1 N20 563 N 2 910 P 05/27-07 30 0 49 81 CALM 1 1661 N 3 6431 P 05/27-08 30 0 55 66 CALM 1 2760 N 5 11952 P 05/27-09 30 0 60 57 CALM 1 2 1 N21 3859 NW 6 17474 P 05/27-10 30 0 64 46 CALM 1 5945 N 8 47157 F 05/27-11 30 0 67 40 NE 2 1 8032 N 10 76840 G 05/27-12 30 10 70 36 NE 2 2 4 2 N20 10118 N 13 106523 V 05/27-13 59 10 71 33 NE 2 2 10634 N 13 112677 V 05/27-14 59 10 72 32 N 2 2 11151 N 13 118832 V 05/27-15 59 10 72 30 NE 2 2 3 2 N23 11667 N 13 124986 V 05/27-16 59 10 73 30 NE 2 2 10927 N 10 101942 V 05/27-17 59 10 72 30 E 3 2 10188 NW 9 78898 G 05/27-18 59 10 71 32 E 3 3 3 2 NW20 9448 NW 7 55854 F 05/27-19 59 10 69 35 E 3 2 6522 W 5 26554 P 05/27-20 59 10 66 39 S 3 2 3428 SW 5 13864 P 05/27-21 59 10 63 45 S 3 3 3 2 NW15 334 S 5 1174 P 05/27-22 59 10 61 49 S 3 2 295 S 5 1146 P 05/27-23 59 10 59 53 SW 3 2 257 S 6 1118 P 05/28-00 38 0 58 56 SW 5 5 3 1 N14 218 SW 6 1091 P 05/28-01 38 0 56 59 SW 6 1 222 SW 6 1184 P 05/28-02 38 0 55 61 SW 6 1 226 SW 7 1278 P 05/28-03 38 0 54 63 SW 7 7 3 1 N20 231 SW 7 1371 P 05/28-04 38 0 53 63 SW 6 1 254 SW 6 1335 P 05/28-05 38 0 53 63 SW 6 1 277 SW 6 1298 P 05/28-06 38 0 53 62 SW 6 6 4 1 N23 301 SW 5 1262 P 05/28-07 38 0 56 56 SW 5 1 755 W 5 2657 P 05/28-08 38 0 60 48 W 3 1 1209 NW 5 4053 P 05/28-09 38 0 65 41 NW 2 2 4 1 N17 1663 NW 3 5449 P 05/28-10 38 0 70 34 NW 3 1 5490 N 6 40241 F 05/28-11 38 0 73 29 N 5 1 9317 N 8 75033 G 05/28-12 55 10 76 26 NE 6 6 3 2 N12 13143 N 9 109826 V 05/28-13 55 10 77 25 NE 6 2 13520 N 9 102696 V 05/28-14 55 10 78 24 NE 5 2 13897 N 8 95566 G 05/28-15 55 10 79 23 NE 5 5 3 2 N13 14274 N 7 88436 G 05/28-16 55 10 79 23 NE 5 2 13788 N 7 81588 G 05/28-17 55 10 79 23 E 5 2 13303 N 7 74741 G 05/28-18 55 10 78 24 E 6 6 3 2 N 9 12817 N 6 67893 G 05/28-19 55 10 76 26 NE 5 2 8669 N 5 45467 F 05/28-20 55 10 72 30 N 2 2 4521 N 3 23042 P 05/28-21 55 10 68 35 CALM 1 3 2 N 3 372 NW 2 617 P 05/28-22 55 10 66 39 NW 2 2 330 NW 3 814 P 05/28-23 55 10 64 43 W 5 2 287 SW 5 1010 P 05/29-00 36 0 62 46 SW 6 6 3 1 W 3 245 S 6 1207 P 05/29-01 36 0 61 49 SW 7 1 246 S 7 1482 P 05/29-02 36 0 59 52 SW 7 1 248 S 8 1757 P 05/29-03 36 0 58 55 S 8 8 3 1 W 5 249 S 9 2033 P 05/29-04 36 0 58 56 S 8 1 282 S 9 2353 P 05/29-05 36 0 57 57 S 8 1 315 S 9 2673 P 05/29-06 36 0 57 57 S 8 8 3 1 W 7 347 S 10 2993 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...GIMMESTAD REQUESTED BY...GREG GULAN REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090526.RMASL.01/BOU