FNUS75 KBOU 271604 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHLAND RESCUE WILDLAND TRAINING...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1000 AM MDT SAT JUN 27 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS HAS SPREAD OVER THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE REGION BEHIND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH THAT PASSED BY LAST NIGHT AND A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THOUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. HUMIDITIES HAS FALLEN SOME AND TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN SLOWER TO WARM THIS MORNING AS A RESULT. HOWEVER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES UP ALONG THE FRONT RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO CREEP UP AS SURFACE WINDS SHIFT TO A WEAK UPSLOPE COMPONENT. THIS SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A FEW WEAK THUNDERSTORM OVER THE FRONT RANGE SOMETIME AFTER 3 PM TODAY. HOWEVER...IT WOULD APPEAR THAT GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF RAINFALL MAY BE ALL THAT THEY GENERATE. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE BY SUNSET. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1300...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(34-50%). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500. MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-78. MIN HUMIDITY........34-39%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH AFTER 1300. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......7000-8000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1600. POOR AFTER 1700. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(40-50%). WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000...THEN CLEARING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48. MAX HUMIDITY........72-79%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST UP TO 4 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN WEST 4-8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. 200 FT AGL AFTER 2300. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%) UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTER 1400. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN EAST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4-8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-2400 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 7400-8400 FT AGL AFTER 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1700...THEN POOR. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS AROUND 80. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...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. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR HIGHLAND RESCUE WILDLAND TRAINING. +++ 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 06/27-09 14 0 67 45 NW 7 7 2 1 SW17 8281 W 10 70509 G 06/27-10 14 0 70 42 NW 6 1 8605 W 9 72032 G 06/27-11 14 0 71 42 NE 6 1 8930 W 9 73555 G 06/27-12 51 10 71 44 E 5 5 2 2 W17 9255 W 9 75079 G 06/27-13 51 10 71 42 E 5 2 8840 W 9 70999 G 06/27-14 51 10 72 39 E 6 2 8425 NW 9 66919 G 06/27-15 51 10 69 41 E 6 6 2 2 NW17 8010 NW 9 62839 G 06/27-16 51 10 68 42 E 6 2 7065 W 7 44220 F 06/27-17 51 10 67 45 E 7 2 6121 SW 5 25602 P 06/27-18 54 27 66 46 SE 7 7 2 4 NW 9 5176 CALM 6983 P 06/27-19 54 27 64 49 SE 5 4 3542 CALM 4779 P 06/27-20 54 27 61 52 S 3 4 1907 CALM 2575 P 06/27-21 48 10 58 57 CALM 1 2 2 W 9 272 CALM 371 P 06/27-22 48 10 56 59 SW 2 2 248 S 2 441 P 06/27-23 48 10 54 63 SW 3 2 223 W 2 512 P 06/28-00 35 10 53 66 W 6 6 2 2 W 9 198 W 3 582 P 06/28-01 35 10 51 68 W 6 2 206 W 3 713 P 06/28-02 35 10 51 69 W 6 2 213 NW 5 843 P 06/28-03 35 10 50 71 NW 6 6 2 2 W16 220 NW 5 974 P 06/28-04 35 10 48 74 W 6 2 219 W 5 938 P 06/28-05 35 10 48 77 W 6 2 217 W 5 902 P 06/28-06 48 0 48 77 W 5 5 2 1 NW13 215 W 5 866 P 06/28-07 48 0 54 61 SW 5 1 1263 W 6 8455 P 06/28-08 48 0 63 48 S 5 1 2096 SW 7 15616 P 06/28-09 48 0 69 44 SE 3 5 3 1 W14 2929 SW 9 22778 P 06/28-10 48 0 66 47 E 6 1 4322 SW 8 29023 P 06/28-11 48 0 69 40 E 7 1 5716 W 7 35268 P 06/28-12 72 40 71 36 E 8 7 3 4 NW12 7110 W 7 41512 F 06/28-13 72 40 72 34 E 6 4 7534 NW 7 47210 F 06/28-14 72 40 73 33 E 3 4 7959 NW 8 52908 F 06/28-15 72 40 73 33 E 2 2 2 4 NW16 8384 NW 8 58605 F 06/28-16 72 40 73 33 SE 3 4 8037 NW 6 42719 F 06/28-17 72 40 73 34 SE 6 4 7691 NW 3 26834 P 06/28-18 72 40 72 30 S 8 8 2 4 NW22 7345 CALM 10948 P 06/28-19 72 40 70 33 S 8 4 5133 W 2 8209 P 06/28-20 72 40 67 37 SW 8 4 2920 SW 3 5469 P 06/28-21 72 40 64 42 SW 8 8 3 4 NW16 708 SW 5 2729 P 06/28-22 72 40 62 45 W 8 4 534 SW 5 2152 P 06/28-23 72 40 60 48 W 9 4 360 W 6 1574 P 06/29-00 23 0 59 50 W 9 9 3 1 NW14 186 W 6 996 P 06/29-01 23 0 57 52 W 10 1 174 W 7 977 P 06/29-02 23 0 56 54 W 10 1 162 W 7 957 P 06/29-03 23 0 55 55 W 12 12 3 1 NW14 150 W 7 938 P 06/29-04 23 0 54 56 W 12 1 150 W 7 941 P 06/29-05 23 0 54 56 W 12 1 150 W 7 944 P 06/29-06 23 0 54 55 W 12 12 3 1 NW14 150 W 7 947 P 06/29-07 23 0 56 52 NW 8 1 1598 W 6 6189 P 06/29-08 23 0 62 44 N 6 1 3046 NW 6 11430 P 06/29-09 23 0 66 37 NE 2 2 4 1 NW12 4493 NW 5 16671 P 06/29-10 23 0 71 33 NE 5 1 6942 NW 5 32523 P 06/29-11 23 0 74 30 E 6 1 9390 NW 6 48374 F 06/29-12 65 20 76 28 E 7 7 3 3 NW14 11839 NW 6 64225 G 06/29-13 65 20 77 27 E 7 3 12495 NW 6 65361 G 06/29-14 65 20 78 27 E 8 3 13152 W 6 66496 G 06/29-15 65 20 78 27 E 9 9 3 3 W16 13808 W 6 67632 G 06/29-16 65 20 79 26 E 7 3 13028 W 6 61326 G 06/29-17 65 20 78 27 SE 6 3 12247 W 5 55021 F 06/29-18 65 20 77 26 SE 5 5 3 3 W16 11467 W 5 48715 F 06/29-19 65 20 75 28 S 5 3 7998 SW 5 33851 P 06/29-20 65 20 71 32 SW 5 3 4530 SW 5 18986 P 06/29-21 65 20 67 38 SW 6 6 3 3 NW14 1062 S 5 4122 P 06/29-22 65 20 65 41 W 7 3 776 SW 6 3165 P 06/29-23 65 20 63 43 W 8 3 490 SW 6 2208 P 06/30-00 24 0 61 45 W 10 10 3 1 W15 204 SW 7 1251 P 06/30-01 24 0 60 47 W 10 1 196 W 7 1185 P 06/30-02 24 0 58 49 W 10 1 189 W 7 1118 P 06/30-03 24 0 57 51 W 9 9 3 1 W14 181 W 7 1051 P 06/30-04 24 0 56 52 W 10 1 170 W 7 1025 P 06/30-05 24 0 56 51 W 10 1 159 SW 7 999 P 06/30-06 24 0 56 51 SW 9 9 4 1 NW13 148 SW 8 973 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...BAKER WFO BOULDER REQUESTED BY...CAPT WALLING REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090627.HIGHL.01/BOU