FNUS75 KBOU 071557 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN RIDGE PILE BURN...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 836 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE 4 TO 9 INCHES. DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES AT LOWER LEVELS...SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL REMAIN POOR...EXPCEPT A SMALL WINDOW FOR FAIR DISPERSAL DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH MODERATE SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....15-17. MIN HUMIDITY........74%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 10-18 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1400...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600...THEN POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....-3. MAX HUMIDITY........79%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST 7-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....9. MIN HUMIDITY........59%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST 7-11 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN WEST 7-12 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW UNTIL 1800. SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 1800...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 6 BELOW. HIGHS AROUND 11. WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0600...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS NEAR ZERO. HIGHS AROUND 18. WEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 3. HIGHS AROUND 18. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR GREEN RIDGE PILE BURN. +++ 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 12/07-08 100 78 -6 100 S 9 9 2 1 W69 183 S 9 1459 P 12/07-09 100 78 -3 100 S 10 1 298 S 12 3325 P 12/07-10 100 78 2 100 S 12 1 413 SW 14 5190 P 12/07-11 100 99 8 88 S 14 22 2 1 W68 528 SW 15 7055 P 12/07-12 100 99 13 73 SW 15 1 1075 SW 17 18378 P 12/07-13 100 99 15 67 SW 15 1 1622 SW 20 29701 P 12/07-14 100 99 15 66 SW 15 24 2 1 SW59 2169 SW 22 41024 F 12/07-15 100 99 14 66 SW 14 1 1569 SW 20 28847 P 12/07-16 100 99 12 70 SW 12 1 969 SW 16 16670 P 12/07-17 100 94 10 73 SW 10 10 2 1 SW61 370 SW 14 4493 P 12/07-18 100 94 8 74 SW 12 1 317 SW 14 3749 P 12/07-19 100 94 7 77 SW 10 1 264 SW 13 3006 P 12/07-20 100 94 6 77 SW 10 10 2 1 SW56 211 SW 13 2263 P 12/07-21 100 94 6 74 S 10 1 205 SW 13 2190 P 12/07-22 100 94 5 73 S 10 1 198 S 13 2116 P 12/07-23 100 90 5 76 S 10 10 2 1 SW40 191 S 13 2043 P 12/08-00 100 90 4 77 S 10 1 189 S 12 1811 P 12/08-01 100 90 3 78 S 9 1 186 S 9 1579 P 12/08-02 100 90 2 78 S 9 9 2 1 SW43 183 S 8 1348 P 12/08-03 100 90 2 78 SE 8 1 190 SE 7 1151 P 12/08-04 100 90 1 79 SE 8 1 196 SE 6 955 P 12/08-05 100 100 1 64 SE 7 7 3 1 SW40 202 SE 5 759 P 12/08-06 100 100 0 65 S 8 1 177 S 8 1324 P 12/08-07 100 100 0 65 SW 10 1 176 SW 10 1518 P 12/08-08 100 100 1 64 W 10 10 3 1 SW39 176 W 12 1712 P 12/08-09 100 100 3 71 W 10 1 473 W 12 4684 P 12/08-10 100 100 5 82 W 9 1 771 W 12 7657 P 12/08-11 100 100 7 80 NW 9 9 3 1 W30 1068 NW 12 10629 P 12/08-12 100 100 8 74 NW 9 1 1485 NW 13 18188 P 12/08-13 100 100 8 69 NW 9 1 1901 NW 15 25747 P 12/08-14 100 100 8 64 NW 9 9 3 1 W41 2317 W 16 33306 P 12/08-15 100 100 8 62 W 9 1 2028 W 16 28660 P 12/08-16 100 100 7 59 W 9 1 1738 W 16 24015 P 12/08-17 100 80 3 68 W 9 9 3 1 W51 1448 W 15 19369 P 12/08-18 100 80 1 74 W 8 1 1291 W 14 16250 P 12/08-19 100 80 0 79 W 8 1 1134 W 13 13130 P 12/08-20 100 80 -1 82 W 8 8 2 1 W60 977 W 12 10011 P 12/08-21 100 80 -2 85 W 9 1 1231 W 15 17206 P 12/08-22 100 80 -2 87 W 9 1 1484 W 18 24400 P 12/08-23 100 60 -3 90 W 10 10 2 1 W55 1738 W 21 31595 P 12/09-00 100 60 -4 93 W 10 1 1630 W 22 30357 P 12/09-01 100 60 -5 97 W 12 1 1522 W 22 29119 P 12/09-02 100 60 -5 96 W 12 12 2 1 W63 1414 W 23 27880 P 12/09-03 100 60 -6 96 W 12 1 1232 W 22 23446 P 12/09-04 100 60 -7 95 W 13 1 1051 W 21 19012 P 12/09-05 96 60 -7 94 W 14 14 2 1 W60 869 W 20 14579 P 12/09-06 96 60 -8 93 W 14 1 1244 W 21 23471 P 12/09-07 96 60 -8 95 W 14 1 1619 W 22 32362 P 12/09-08 96 60 -6 98 W 14 14 2 1 W59 1994 W 24 41254 F 12/09-09 96 60 -1 97 W 15 1 2990 W 29 83772 G 12/09-10 96 60 3 84 W 16 1 3987 W 33 126290 V 12/09-11 96 60 6 74 W 17 17 2 1 W53 4983 W 39 168808 E 12/09-12 96 60 9 69 W 17 1 5076 W 39 173785 E 12/09-13 96 60 10 68 W 17 1 5170 W 40 178762 E 12/09-14 96 60 10 65 W 17 17 2 1 W63 5263 W 40 183739 E 12/09-15 96 60 10 68 W 16 1 5234 W 40 181227 E 12/09-16 96 60 10 74 W 15 1 5204 W 39 178715 E 12/09-17 83 30 7 88 W 15 15 2 1 W76 5175 W 39 176204 E 12/09-18 83 30 6 94 W 15 1 5174 W 40 178724 E 12/09-19 83 30 5 97 W 16 1 5173 W 40 181244 E 12/09-20 83 30 5 98 W 17 17 2 1 W79 5173 W 41 183764 E 12/09-21 83 30 4 96 W 18 1 5124 W 41 184969 E 12/09-22 83 30 4 95 W 20 1 5075 W 43 186175 E 12/09-23 83 30 4 95 W 20 20 2 1 W87 5026 W 43 187380 E 12/10-00 83 30 3 95 W 18 1 4982 W 44 190165 E 12/10-01 83 30 2 95 W 18 1 4938 W 45 192949 E 12/10-02 83 30 2 95 W 17 17 2 1 W106 4894 W 46 195734 E 12/10-03 83 30 2 95 W 16 1 4667 W 46 185112 E 12/10-04 83 30 1 96 W 15 1 4440 W 45 174489 E 12/10-05 71 20 1 90 W 15 15 2 1 W108 4213 W 45 163867 E 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/ENTREKIN REQUESTED BY...CASEY CHEESBROUGH REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091207.GREEN.01/BOU