FNUS75 KBOU 261431 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR RABBIT EARS ADMIN...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 831 AM MDT MON OCT 26 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER RIDGE CURRENTLY OVER UTAH WILL BE MOVING EAST TODAY WITH ITS AXIS PASSING OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL BECOME WESTERLY BY THIS EVENING. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL BE DEEPENING TODAY ON THE EASTERN PLAINS WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO CAUSING WESTERLY 20 FT WINDS TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. CLEAR SKIES WILL GIVE WAY TO HIGH CIRRUS THIS AFTERNOON. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....31. MIN HUMIDITY........35%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 13-19 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1800 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....22. MAX HUMIDITY........80%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 12-19 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-800 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW UNTIL 1200...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....30. MIN HUMIDITY........54%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 11-17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 0600...THEN SNOW UNTIL 1800...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW. COLDER. LOWS AROUND 14. HIGHS AROUND 14. BREEZY. EAST WINDS AROUND 27 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .THURSDAY...CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 9. HIGHS AROUND 12. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0600...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. NOT AS COLD. LOWS AROUND 9. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR RABBIT EARS ADMIN. +++ 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 10/26-08 18 0 16 44 SW 9 1 505 SW 9 4038 P 10/26-09 18 0 20 37 SW 9 9 3 1 N62 614 SW 9 5179 P 10/26-10 18 0 24 35 SW 10 1 982 SW 10 10077 P 10/26-11 18 0 27 35 SW 12 1 1350 W 13 14976 P 10/26-12 58 8 29 37 W 12 12 2 1 N55 1718 W 14 19875 P 10/26-13 58 8 29 38 W 13 1 1751 W 14 21502 P 10/26-14 58 8 30 40 W 14 1 1785 W 15 23130 P 10/26-15 58 8 31 40 W 15 24 2 1 NW45 1819 W 16 24757 P 10/26-16 58 8 30 42 W 16 1 1483 W 16 20183 P 10/26-17 58 8 30 43 W 16 1 1146 W 16 15609 P 10/26-18 65 0 29 44 W 16 25 3 1 W35 810 W 16 11035 P 10/26-19 65 0 27 46 W 15 1 663 W 15 8643 P 10/26-20 65 0 26 48 W 15 1 515 W 14 6251 P 10/26-21 65 0 26 48 W 14 22 3 1 W35 368 SW 12 3859 P 10/26-22 65 0 25 46 SW 14 1 357 SW 12 3737 P 10/26-23 65 0 25 43 SW 13 1 346 SW 12 3614 P 10/27-00 69 0 24 41 SW 13 13 3 1 W35 335 SW 12 3491 P 10/27-01 69 0 24 40 SW 13 1 311 SW 14 3549 P 10/27-02 69 0 24 39 SW 13 1 288 SW 15 3606 P 10/27-03 69 0 24 42 SW 14 14 3 1 W45 265 S 16 3663 P 10/27-04 69 0 23 54 SW 14 1 253 S 15 3354 P 10/27-05 69 0 23 69 SW 14 1 241 S 15 3046 P 10/27-06 89 19 23 80 SW 15 24 2 1 W55 229 SW 14 2737 P 10/27-07 89 19 23 74 SW 14 1 258 S 13 2818 P 10/27-08 89 19 24 66 SW 13 1 313 S 13 3310 P 10/27-09 89 19 26 61 SW 13 13 2 1 W66 368 S 12 3802 P 10/27-10 89 19 25 63 SW 13 1 953 SW 14 13082 P 10/27-11 89 19 27 64 SW 14 1 1538 SW 15 22361 P 10/27-12 91 44 27 69 SW 14 21 2 1 SW58 2123 SW 17 31641 P 10/27-13 91 44 28 65 SW 15 1 2237 SW 17 33667 P 10/27-14 91 44 29 60 SW 15 1 2350 SW 17 35692 P 10/27-15 91 44 30 58 SW 15 23 2 1 SW59 2464 SW 17 37718 P 10/27-16 91 44 30 58 SW 13 1 1781 SW 15 26180 P 10/27-17 91 44 29 59 SW 10 1 1098 SW 12 14641 P 10/27-18 94 47 26 71 SW 8 8 3 1 SW36 415 SW 8 3102 P 10/27-19 94 47 23 82 SW 9 1 474 SW 9 3937 P 10/27-20 94 47 19 94 S 12 1 532 S 10 4772 P 10/27-21 94 47 18 96 S 13 13 2 1 S38 591 S 10 5606 P 10/27-22 94 47 17 99 SE 15 1 503 S 13 5163 P 10/27-23 94 47 16 100 SE 16 1 414 SE 14 4719 P 10/28-00 94 73 16 100 E 18 30 3 1 S46 326 E 15 4275 P 10/28-01 94 73 15 100 E 21 1 312 E 17 4494 P 10/28-02 94 73 18 90 E 23 1 298 E 18 4714 P 10/28-03 94 73 18 89 E 25 40 4 1 S47 284 E 20 4933 P 10/28-04 94 73 17 91 E 26 1 332 E 21 6254 P 10/28-05 94 73 16 92 E 29 1 381 E 23 7574 P 10/28-06 95 83 15 94 E 30 48 3 1 S32 430 E 24 8894 P 10/28-07 95 83 14 100 E 30 1 449 E 24 9451 P 10/28-08 95 83 14 100 E 30 1 469 E 24 10007 P 10/28-09 95 83 14 100 E 30 48 4 1 S23 489 E 25 10563 P 10/28-10 95 83 14 98 E 30 1 886 E 24 17523 P 10/28-11 95 83 14 97 E 29 1 1282 E 23 24484 P 10/28-12 95 83 14 96 E 29 46 4 1 SE37 1679 E 22 31445 P 10/28-13 95 83 14 95 E 29 1 1382 E 22 25754 P 10/28-14 95 83 14 94 E 29 1 1086 E 21 20064 P 10/28-15 95 83 14 94 E 29 46 4 1 S37 789 E 21 14374 P 10/28-16 95 83 14 94 E 29 1 706 E 22 13052 P 10/28-17 95 83 13 94 E 29 1 623 E 22 11730 P 10/28-18 94 29 12 96 E 29 46 4 1 S18 540 E 22 10408 P 10/28-19 94 29 11 96 E 29 1 519 E 22 9710 P 10/28-20 94 29 10 98 E 28 1 499 E 21 9012 P 10/28-21 94 29 10 99 E 26 43 4 1 SE15 479 E 20 8313 P 10/28-22 94 29 10 100 E 26 1 484 E 20 8266 P 10/28-23 94 29 10 100 E 25 1 489 NE 20 8218 P 10/29-00 94 29 9 100 NE 24 39 3 1 E13 494 NE 20 8171 P 10/29-01 94 29 9 100 NE 23 1 503 NE 18 7937 P 10/29-02 94 29 10 97 NE 23 1 511 NE 17 7704 P 10/29-03 94 29 10 96 NE 22 35 3 1 E18 520 NE 16 7470 P 10/29-04 94 29 10 98 NE 21 1 534 NE 15 7123 P 10/29-05 94 29 9 98 NE 21 1 548 NE 14 6777 P 10/29-06 88 31 9 99 NE 20 31 3 NE23 561 NE 13 6430 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...LEE NELSON REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091026.RABBI.02/BOU