FNUS75 KBOU 261248 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR SUGARLOAF 54C...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 539 AM MST TUE JAN 26 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE COLORADO TODAY. MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%) UNTIL 1100...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 1700. MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-41. MIN HUMIDITY........20-25%. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 13-19 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3600-4600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN FAIR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....19-23. MAX HUMIDITY........70-75%. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 13-19 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1800 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1700...THEN SNOW LIKELY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....31-34. MIN HUMIDITY........55-60%. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 10-16 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN SOUTH AROUND 4 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16-20 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHWEST 5-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-2800 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1500...THEN POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY...SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 0600...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1200...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1800. LOWS AROUND 15. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 19. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR SUGARLOAF 54C. +++ 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 01/26-05 37 0 20 44 W 15 24 4 1 W40 617 W 14 7635 P 01/26-06 37 0 20 46 W 15 1 654 W 14 7827 P 01/26-07 37 0 21 47 W 16 1 691 W 14 8019 P 01/26-08 37 0 24 44 W 15 24 2 1 W39 728 W 13 8211 P 01/26-09 37 0 27 41 W 14 1 1379 W 13 14783 P 01/26-10 37 0 30 38 W 12 1 2029 W 13 21355 P 01/26-11 61 0 33 35 W 9 9 2 1 W39 2680 W 12 27927 P 01/26-12 61 0 35 34 W 8 1 3519 W 14 44133 F 01/26-13 61 0 37 32 W 8 1 4359 W 15 60339 G 01/26-14 61 0 38 32 W 8 8 2 1 W40 5199 W 17 76545 G 01/26-15 61 0 37 34 W 8 1 4630 W 16 66916 G 01/26-16 61 0 36 36 W 8 1 4062 W 16 57287 F 01/26-17 86 10 33 41 W 9 9 2 1 W40 3494 W 16 47657 F 01/26-18 86 10 31 46 W 10 1 2781 W 15 37327 P 01/26-19 86 10 29 50 W 13 1 2067 W 15 26996 P 01/26-20 86 10 27 54 W 14 22 2 1 W36 1354 W 14 16666 P 01/26-21 86 10 26 58 W 13 1 1200 W 14 14764 P 01/26-22 86 10 24 62 W 13 1 1046 W 14 12863 P 01/26-23 86 10 23 64 W 12 12 3 1 W32 892 W 14 10962 P 01/27-00 86 10 22 62 W 13 1 796 W 14 9892 P 01/27-01 86 10 21 58 W 14 1 700 W 15 8823 P 01/27-02 86 10 21 56 W 15 24 3 1 W30 603 W 15 7753 P 01/27-03 86 10 20 55 W 16 1 605 W 15 7766 P 01/27-04 86 10 20 58 W 16 1 607 W 15 7779 P 01/27-05 94 10 20 66 W 16 25 2 1 W40 618 W 21 11316 P 01/27-06 94 10 20 86 W 16 1 691 W 20 11577 P 01/27-07 94 10 21 86 W 14 1 763 W 18 11838 P 01/27-08 94 10 22 82 W 12 25 2 1 W28 836 W 16 12099 P 01/27-09 94 10 24 73 W 9 1 1787 W 17 26691 P 01/27-10 94 10 28 62 W 7 1 2739 W 17 41283 F 01/27-11 94 17 31 54 W 3 3 2 1 W30 3691 W 17 55875 F 01/27-12 94 17 33 52 CALM 1 3417 W 17 51516 F 01/27-13 94 17 31 58 CALM 1 3144 W 17 47156 F 01/27-14 94 17 30 61 CALM 1 2 1 W41 2871 W 17 42797 F 01/27-15 94 17 30 61 CALM 1 1987 SW 13 28684 P 01/27-16 94 17 26 72 SE 2 1 1103 S 7 14571 P 01/27-17 95 55 19 96 SE 3 3 2 1 W45 220 SE 2 457 P 01/27-18 95 55 17 100 E 3 1 216 SE 3 545 P 01/27-19 95 55 16 100 E 5 1 211 SE 3 632 P 01/27-20 95 55 16 100 E 5 5 2 1 W35 207 E 3 720 P 01/27-21 95 55 15 100 E 5 1 199 E 3 688 P 01/27-22 95 55 13 100 E 5 1 191 E 3 655 P 01/27-23 95 55 13 100 E 5 5 2 1 W28 183 E 3 623 P 01/28-00 95 55 14 100 E 5 1 231 E 5 885 P 01/28-01 95 55 15 100 E 6 1 278 E 5 1147 P 01/28-02 95 55 14 100 E 6 6 2 1 W26 326 E 5 1409 P 01/28-03 95 55 13 100 E 6 1 418 E 6 2061 P 01/28-04 95 55 13 100 E 7 1 511 E 6 2712 P 01/28-05 76 33 14 100 E 7 7 2 1 SW23 603 E 7 3364 P 01/28-06 76 33 13 100 E 7 1 922 E 7 5047 P 01/28-07 76 33 14 100 E 6 1 1240 E 6 6729 P 01/28-08 76 33 16 100 E 6 6 2 1 SW22 1559 E 6 8411 P 01/28-09 76 33 20 97 E 6 1 2568 E 6 12878 P 01/28-10 76 33 25 81 E 7 1 3577 E 6 17346 P 01/28-11 75 23 29 71 E 7 7 2 1 SW20 4586 SE 6 21813 P 01/28-12 75 23 31 66 E 8 1 4642 SE 5 20004 P 01/28-13 75 23 30 71 E 8 1 4699 E 5 18194 P 01/28-14 75 23 30 71 E 8 8 2 1 W14 4756 E 3 16384 P 01/28-15 75 23 30 68 E 7 1 4021 E 3 12790 P 01/28-16 75 23 27 72 E 6 1 3285 E 3 9195 P 01/28-17 40 3 23 82 E 5 5 2 1 W14 2550 E 2 5601 P 01/28-18 40 3 21 87 SE 3 1 2328 SE 2 4471 P 01/28-19 40 3 20 90 CALM 1 2106 SW 2 3340 P 01/28-20 40 3 20 88 CALM 1 2 1 NW17 1883 CALM 2210 P 01/28-21 40 3 20 88 SW 2 1 1541 W 2 2494 P 01/28-22 40 3 19 87 W 5 1 1199 W 3 2778 P 01/28-23 40 0 19 83 W 7 7 2 1 NW20 857 W 5 3062 P 01/29-00 40 0 19 77 W 8 1 790 W 6 3686 P 01/29-01 40 0 20 69 W 8 1 724 W 7 4309 P 01/29-02 40 0 19 67 W 9 9 2 1 N21 657 W 9 4933 P 01/29-03 40 0 18 67 W 10 1 641 W 9 5241 P 01/29-04 40 0 19 62 W 12 1 625 W 10 5548 P 01/29-05 48 0 19 61 W 13 13 3 N31 608 W 12 5856 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...ED LEBLANC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100126.SUGAR.01/BOU