FNUS75 KBOU 061309 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR JAMES CREEK...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 610 AM MST WED JAN 6 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MOISTURE IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COMBINED WITH THE PASSAGE OF COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF SNOW FROM LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY BY MIDDAY. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....25. MIN HUMIDITY........55%. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 14-20 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTHWEST 8-9 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 28-36 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN NORTHWEST 8-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 2000...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 2300. MIN TEMPERATURE.....-2. MAX HUMIDITY........100%. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-8 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....19. MIN HUMIDITY........33%. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 8-12 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-2400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600...THEN POOR. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 1 BELOW. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 11. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 1800. LOWS AROUND 18. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR JAMES CREEK. +++ 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 01/06-06 78 22 27 68 W 20 1 1656 W 37 53929 F 01/06-07 78 22 25 75 W 17 1 1614 W 35 47924 F 01/06-08 78 62 25 74 W 14 22 2 1 NW64 1573 W 31 41918 F 01/06-09 78 62 24 80 W 9 1 1760 W 30 45859 F 01/06-10 78 62 24 86 SW 6 1 1946 W 30 49799 F 01/06-11 96 80 23 93 SW 2 2 2 1 NW73 2133 W 29 53740 F 01/06-12 96 80 17 100 S 2 1 1563 W 21 36539 P 01/06-13 96 80 12 100 E 3 1 993 NW 14 19338 P 01/06-14 96 80 8 100 NE 5 5 2 1 NW85 424 NW 6 2137 P 01/06-15 96 80 7 100 NE 5 1 403 NW 6 2192 P 01/06-16 96 80 6 100 NE 5 1 383 NW 7 2248 P 01/06-17 95 60 4 100 N 5 5 2 1 NW97 363 NW 7 2304 P 01/06-18 95 60 3 100 NE 3 1 386 NW 7 2299 P 01/06-19 95 60 3 100 E 3 1 409 NW 7 2293 P 01/06-20 95 42 2 100 E 2 2 2 1 NW96 432 NW 6 2288 P 01/06-21 95 42 2 100 CALM 1 434 NW 7 2545 P 01/06-22 95 42 1 100 CALM 1 436 NW 7 2803 P 01/06-23 62 8 1 100 CALM 1 2 1 NW89 437 NW 8 3060 P 01/07-00 62 8 0 100 S 3 1 395 W 8 2831 P 01/07-01 62 8 0 100 SW 6 1 353 W 8 2602 P 01/07-02 62 8 0 100 W 8 8 3 1 NW86 311 W 9 2373 P 01/07-03 62 8 -1 100 W 9 1 334 W 9 2816 P 01/07-04 62 8 -1 100 W 10 1 358 W 10 3259 P 01/07-05 19 8 0 95 W 10 10 4 1 NW84 382 W 12 3701 P 01/07-06 19 8 0 95 W 12 1 422 W 10 3889 P 01/07-07 19 8 0 95 W 8 1 462 W 10 4076 P 01/07-08 19 8 2 81 W 7 7 3 1 NW77 502 W 9 4263 P 01/07-09 19 8 6 63 W 6 1 1013 W 13 12976 P 01/07-10 19 8 10 50 W 3 1 1524 NW 15 21689 P 01/07-11 1 0 13 40 W 2 2 4 1 NW74 2035 NW 17 30402 P 01/07-12 1 0 15 35 CALM 1 2247 NW 18 37272 P 01/07-13 1 0 17 33 CALM 1 2459 NW 21 44142 F 01/07-14 1 0 18 33 CALM 1 4 1 NW69 2672 NW 22 51012 F 01/07-15 1 0 17 35 S 2 1 2245 NW 20 40110 F 01/07-16 1 0 15 40 SW 2 1 1819 NW 17 29208 P 01/07-17 24 0 11 49 W 3 3 4 1 NW66 1392 NW 15 18307 P 01/07-18 24 0 9 56 W 5 1 1047 W 13 12969 P 01/07-19 24 0 7 63 W 6 1 701 W 10 7631 P 01/07-20 24 0 5 68 W 7 7 3 1 NW62 355 W 7 2293 P 01/07-21 24 0 4 73 W 8 1 309 W 8 2041 P 01/07-22 24 0 2 78 W 9 1 262 W 8 1789 P 01/07-23 11 0 1 80 W 9 9 3 1 NW56 216 W 8 1536 P 01/08-00 11 0 0 81 W 9 1 201 W 8 1426 P 01/08-01 11 0 -1 82 W 8 1 186 W 8 1316 P 01/08-02 11 0 -2 83 W 8 8 3 1 NW54 171 W 8 1206 P 01/08-03 11 0 -3 83 W 8 1 158 W 9 1192 P 01/08-04 11 0 -3 84 W 7 1 145 W 9 1177 P 01/08-05 25 0 -3 84 W 10 10 4 1 NW52 133 W 10 1162 P 01/08-06 25 0 -3 84 W 10 1 147 W 10 1281 P 01/08-07 25 0 -2 86 W 10 1 161 W 10 1399 P 01/08-08 25 0 1 84 W 12 12 4 1 NW49 175 W 10 1517 P 01/08-09 25 0 6 71 W 9 1 696 W 12 7680 P 01/08-10 25 0 11 62 W 7 1 1216 NW 13 13842 P 01/08-11 3 0 15 53 W 5 5 3 1 NW47 1737 NW 14 20004 P 01/08-12 3 0 19 48 W 5 1 2534 NW 16 41052 F 01/08-13 3 0 21 46 W 5 1 3332 NW 20 62099 G 01/08-14 3 0 22 45 W 5 5 3 1 NW52 4130 NW 23 83147 G 01/08-15 3 0 22 47 W 6 1 3362 NW 22 66529 G 01/08-16 3 0 21 50 W 7 1 2595 NW 22 49911 F 01/08-17 0 0 18 56 W 8 8 3 1 N52 1827 NW 21 33292 P 01/08-18 0 0 17 60 W 10 1 1465 NW 18 25227 P 01/08-19 0 0 15 62 W 9 1 1102 NW 16 17161 P 01/08-20 0 0 14 63 W 9 9 4 1 N54 740 NW 14 9095 P 01/08-21 0 0 13 64 W 10 1 587 NW 13 6898 P 01/08-22 0 0 12 64 W 10 1 433 W 12 4701 P 01/08-23 3 0 11 65 W 12 12 4 1 N51 280 W 10 2503 P 01/09-00 3 0 10 65 W 12 1 246 W 10 2207 P 01/09-01 3 0 9 65 W 12 1 211 W 10 1910 P 01/09-02 3 0 9 65 W 12 12 4 1 N48 176 W 10 1613 P 01/09-03 3 0 8 65 W 12 1 163 W 10 1509 P 01/09-04 3 0 8 66 W 12 1 149 W 10 1405 P 01/09-05 2 0 8 67 W 12 12 4 1 N43 136 W 12 1300 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 $$ WFO BOULDER REQUESTED BY...CHAD BUSER REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100106.JAMES.01/BOU