FNUS75 KBOU 051423 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR SUGARLOAF F1...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 723 AM MST SAT DEC 5 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BRING GOOD MIXING THIS AFTERNOON. AS WINDS SHIFT NORTHEASTERLY THIS EVENING...COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY WITH AMOUNTS IN THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%) UNTIL 1100...THEN CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 1100. MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-33. MIN HUMIDITY........25-32%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN VARIABLE 2-8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 24-28 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 9-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-2800 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1500...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600...THEN POOR. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 2300...THEN SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. MAX HUMIDITY........100%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST 2-7 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4-8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW UNTIL 1700. MAX TEMPERATURE.....7-12. MIN HUMIDITY........90%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE 2-6 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-2400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR SUGARLOAF F1. +++ 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 12/05-07 46 0 19 43 W 22 1 438 W 25 9775 P 12/05-08 46 0 20 43 W 20 31 3 1 W62 390 W 24 8346 P 12/05-09 58 0 23 40 W 14 1 1400 W 25 31237 P 12/05-10 58 0 26 36 W 9 1 2410 W 25 54128 F 12/05-11 69 10 27 34 W 6 6 2 1 W56 3420 W 26 77019 G 12/05-12 69 10 28 34 W 3 1 3498 W 25 76972 G 12/05-13 69 10 28 34 W 2 1 3575 W 25 76925 G 12/05-14 70 10 27 37 NW 2 2 2 1 W49 3652 W 24 76877 G 12/05-15 70 10 23 44 N 2 1 2866 W 18 53336 F 12/05-16 70 10 20 52 NE 3 1 2080 SW 12 29795 P 12/05-17 99 37 17 61 E 5 5 2 1 W61 1295 SW 6 6254 P 12/05-18 99 37 14 67 E 6 1 1239 SW 6 6382 P 12/05-19 99 37 12 75 E 7 1 1183 S 7 6511 P 12/05-20 99 37 11 83 E 7 7 2 1 W49 1127 S 7 6639 P 12/05-21 99 37 9 87 E 6 1 1100 S 7 6385 P 12/05-22 99 37 8 92 E 5 1 1074 S 7 6130 P 12/05-23 100 92 7 98 E 5 5 2 1 SW45 1048 S 7 5875 P 12/06-00 100 92 6 100 E 6 1 1100 S 7 6421 P 12/06-01 100 92 6 93 E 7 1 1153 S 7 6967 P 12/06-02 100 92 6 100 E 8 8 2 1 SW39 1205 S 7 7513 P 12/06-03 100 92 5 100 E 7 1 1209 S 7 6887 P 12/06-04 100 92 4 100 E 6 1 1214 S 6 6261 P 12/06-05 100 90 4 100 E 5 5 2 1 SW31 1218 S 6 5635 P 12/06-06 100 90 4 90 E 5 1 1054 S 5 4683 P 12/06-07 100 90 2 95 E 5 1 1080 S 6 5371 P 12/06-08 100 90 3 94 E 5 5 2 1 SW35 1107 S 6 6058 P 12/06-09 100 90 5 95 SE 5 1 1412 S 8 11770 P 12/06-10 100 90 6 93 SE 3 1 1718 SW 10 17482 P 12/06-11 100 90 7 93 SE 3 3 2 1 W47 2023 W 13 23194 P 12/06-12 100 90 8 96 SE 2 1 2205 W 14 27256 P 12/06-13 100 90 9 99 SE 2 1 2386 W 15 31318 P 12/06-14 100 90 9 100 SE 2 2 2 1 W61 2568 W 16 35380 P 12/06-15 100 90 9 100 S 2 1 2093 W 15 28349 P 12/06-16 100 90 8 100 S 2 1 1618 W 15 21318 P 12/06-17 100 40 6 100 SW 3 3 2 1 W68 1144 W 14 14288 P 12/06-18 100 40 4 100 SW 3 1 903 W 12 10423 P 12/06-19 100 40 3 100 S 3 1 662 SW 9 6558 P 12/06-20 100 40 3 100 S 3 3 2 1 W82 422 SW 7 2693 P 12/06-21 100 40 2 100 S 3 1 387 SW 7 2477 P 12/06-22 100 40 2 100 S 3 1 353 SW 7 2260 P 12/06-23 100 40 2 100 S 3 3 2 1 W76 319 SW 7 2044 P 12/07-00 100 40 1 100 S 3 1 294 SW 7 1827 P 12/07-01 100 40 1 100 S 3 1 269 SW 7 1609 P 12/07-02 100 40 0 100 S 3 3 2 1 W74 245 SW 7 1392 P 12/07-03 100 40 0 100 S 3 1 229 SW 7 1305 P 12/07-04 100 40 -1 100 S 3 1 213 SW 7 1219 P 12/07-05 100 40 -1 100 SW 3 3 2 1 W83 197 SW 7 1132 P 12/07-06 100 40 -1 100 SW 3 1 195 SW 7 1181 P 12/07-07 100 40 -1 100 SW 5 1 194 SW 7 1229 P 12/07-08 100 40 1 100 SW 5 5 2 1 W67 192 SW 8 1277 P 12/07-09 100 40 5 95 SW 5 1 321 SW 9 3074 P 12/07-10 100 40 9 86 S 5 1 450 SW 12 4872 P 12/07-11 100 60 12 81 S 5 5 2 1 W66 580 SW 14 6669 P 12/07-12 100 60 14 76 S 5 1 661 SW 14 7982 P 12/07-13 100 60 15 75 S 5 1 743 SW 14 9295 P 12/07-14 100 60 15 74 S 5 5 2 1 SW49 824 SW 15 10608 P 12/07-15 100 60 15 76 S 5 1 635 SW 14 7825 P 12/07-16 100 60 15 77 S 6 1 446 SW 12 5041 P 12/07-17 100 60 13 83 SW 6 6 2 1 W44 257 SW 10 2258 P 12/07-18 100 60 12 85 SW 8 1 218 SW 12 2039 P 12/07-19 100 60 11 86 SW 9 1 180 SW 12 1819 P 12/07-20 100 60 10 87 SW 10 10 2 1 SW40 142 W 13 1600 P 12/07-21 100 60 10 86 SW 12 1 134 SW 14 1578 P 12/07-22 100 60 10 85 SW 13 1 127 SW 14 1555 P 12/07-23 100 60 9 85 SW 13 13 2 1 W40 119 SW 15 1533 P 12/08-00 100 60 9 87 SW 13 1 121 SW 14 1505 P 12/08-01 100 60 8 86 SW 13 1 123 SW 14 1477 P 12/08-02 100 60 8 87 SW 12 12 2 1 SW28 125 SW 14 1449 P 12/08-03 100 60 7 88 SW 13 1 123 W 13 1330 P 12/08-04 100 60 7 91 W 10 1 121 W 12 1212 P 12/08-05 100 40 7 93 NW 9 9 2 1 SW25 120 W 10 1093 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...PAT OWENS REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091204.SUGAR.02/BOU