FNUS75 KBOU 281143 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR JAMES CREEK RFB 9...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 443 AM MST THU JAN 28 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT AND LESS THAN AN INCH. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....30-35. MIN HUMIDITY........67-73%. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE UP TO 6 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN NORTHWEST. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-3000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(35-45%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....10-15. MAX HUMIDITY........100%. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-8 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN WEST 8-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1800 FT AGL UNTIL 0200...THEN 200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-38. MIN HUMIDITY........35-43%. WIND (20 FT)........WEST 7-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR JAMES CREEK RFB 9. +++ 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 01/28-04 100 80 15 100 S 5 1 1080 S 8 8503 P 01/28-05 94 38 14 100 S 3 3 2 1 SW16 870 S 7 4986 P 01/28-06 94 38 14 100 S 2 1 830 S 6 4389 P 01/28-07 94 38 13 100 SW 2 1 790 S 6 3791 P 01/28-08 94 38 14 100 SW 2 2 2 1 SW17 750 S 5 3194 P 01/28-09 94 38 18 100 W 2 1 1229 SW 6 6393 P 01/28-10 94 38 23 93 NW 3 1 1707 W 6 9591 P 01/28-11 78 31 26 83 N 5 5 2 1 S15 2186 W 7 12789 P 01/28-12 78 31 28 79 N 6 1 2496 W 7 14691 P 01/28-13 78 31 28 79 NE 6 1 2806 NW 7 16593 P 01/28-14 78 31 27 79 NE 6 6 2 1 SW12 3115 N 7 18495 P 01/28-15 78 31 26 79 E 5 1 2874 N 6 14735 P 01/28-16 78 31 26 79 S 3 1 2634 N 5 10976 P 01/28-17 54 4 25 78 S 2 2 2 1 W16 2393 N 3 7216 P 01/28-18 54 4 25 77 SW 2 1 2052 NW 3 6003 P 01/28-19 54 4 25 75 SW 2 1 1712 W 3 4789 P 01/28-20 54 4 25 71 SW 3 3 2 1 NW17 1372 W 3 3576 P 01/28-21 54 4 27 67 SW 5 1 1418 W 3 4566 P 01/28-22 54 4 28 63 W 5 1 1465 W 5 5557 P 01/28-23 27 0 28 64 W 6 6 2 1 NW18 1512 W 5 6547 P 01/29-00 27 0 24 72 W 7 1 1076 W 6 4842 P 01/29-01 27 0 20 85 W 7 1 639 W 7 3137 P 01/29-02 27 0 16 97 W 8 8 2 1 N24 203 W 8 1431 P 01/29-03 27 0 15 100 W 9 1 196 W 9 1510 P 01/29-04 27 0 15 100 W 10 1 188 W 9 1589 P 01/29-05 14 0 14 100 W 12 12 3 1 N28 181 W 10 1667 P 01/29-06 14 0 15 79 W 13 1 231 W 10 2193 P 01/29-07 14 0 16 74 W 13 1 259 W 10 2453 P 01/29-08 14 0 18 64 W 12 12 3 1 N35 287 W 10 2713 P 01/29-09 14 0 22 55 W 10 1 883 W 10 6622 P 01/29-10 14 0 25 48 W 8 1 1478 NW 9 10531 P 01/29-11 14 0 28 43 W 7 7 3 1 N36 2074 NW 8 14440 P 01/29-12 14 0 30 40 W 5 1 2591 NW 8 19418 P 01/29-13 14 0 32 38 W 3 1 3108 NW 9 24397 P 01/29-14 14 0 33 38 W 3 3 2 1 N33 3625 NW 9 29375 P 01/29-15 14 0 33 39 W 3 1 3260 NW 8 24702 P 01/29-16 14 0 32 41 W 5 1 2895 NW 8 20029 P 01/29-17 24 0 30 44 W 6 6 2 1 NW31 2530 NW 7 15356 P 01/29-18 24 0 28 46 W 7 1 1985 W 8 12495 P 01/29-19 24 0 27 47 W 8 1 1440 W 8 9634 P 01/29-20 24 0 26 47 W 9 9 2 1 NW28 895 W 9 6773 P 01/29-21 24 0 25 47 W 10 1 751 W 9 6054 P 01/29-22 24 0 24 46 W 12 1 608 W 10 5335 P 01/29-23 24 0 23 46 W 13 13 2 1 NW25 464 W 12 4616 P 01/30-00 24 0 23 45 W 13 1 429 W 12 4381 P 01/30-01 24 0 22 44 W 13 1 393 W 13 4145 P 01/30-02 24 0 22 44 W 13 13 2 1 NW24 358 W 13 3909 P 01/30-03 24 0 22 43 W 14 1 367 W 13 4069 P 01/30-04 24 0 21 43 W 14 1 377 W 13 4229 P 01/30-05 28 0 21 43 W 14 22 2 1 NW24 386 W 13 4389 P 01/30-06 28 0 22 44 W 14 1 414 W 12 4155 P 01/30-07 28 0 23 44 W 12 1 442 W 10 3922 P 01/30-08 28 0 25 42 W 10 10 2 1 NW25 469 W 9 3688 P 01/30-09 28 0 28 40 W 8 1 1063 W 8 6200 P 01/30-10 28 0 30 38 W 6 1 1656 W 7 8713 P 01/30-11 28 0 33 36 W 5 5 2 1 NW26 2250 W 6 11225 P 01/30-12 28 0 35 34 W 5 1 2664 W 6 14600 P 01/30-13 28 0 36 32 W 5 1 3077 W 7 17975 P 01/30-14 28 0 37 31 W 5 5 2 1 W28 3491 SW 7 21350 P 01/30-15 28 0 37 32 W 5 1 3053 SW 7 17387 P 01/30-16 28 0 36 33 W 5 1 2616 SW 6 13423 P 01/30-17 41 0 33 36 W 5 5 3 1 W29 2179 SW 5 9460 P 01/30-18 41 0 32 39 W 5 1 1726 SW 6 7787 P 01/30-19 41 0 31 43 W 6 1 1274 SW 6 6115 P 01/30-20 41 0 29 46 W 6 6 4 1 W29 822 SW 6 4443 P 01/30-21 41 0 28 51 W 7 1 733 W 7 4494 P 01/30-22 41 0 27 54 W 7 1 644 W 8 4546 P 01/30-23 41 0 26 57 W 8 8 4 1 W30 555 W 9 4598 P 01/31-00 41 0 26 60 W 8 1 519 W 9 4333 P 01/31-01 41 0 25 61 W 8 1 484 W 9 4068 P 01/31-02 41 0 25 62 W 8 8 4 1 SW37 449 W 9 3803 P 01/31-03 41 0 24 63 W 8 1 472 W 10 4127 P 01/31-04 41 0 24 63 W 8 1 495 W 10 4451 P 01/31-05 63 5 24 62 W 9 9 4 1 SW45 518 W 10 4775 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...BILL ALAKAI REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100128.JAMES.01/BOU