FNUS75 KBOU 240026 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR HEIL PA 7...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 626 PM MDT TUE MAR 23 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LATEST WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO POUND THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY LEAVING BEHIND SEVERAL INCHES IF NOT FEET OF SNOW. DURING THE DAY SNOWFALL SHOULD DECREASE IN BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY... WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS STILL POSSIBLE BEFORE MIDDAY. WHILE THIS IS GOING ON...EXPECT NORTH WINDS TO STRENGTHEN WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. BY THE AFTERNOON...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED AS SKIES GRADUALLY BEGIN TO CLEAR. BY NIGHTFALL...SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR AS HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS IN FROM THE GREAT BASIN. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES. MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-28. MAX HUMIDITY........90-100%. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH-NORTHEAST 12-18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 16-24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2600-3600 FT AGL UNTIL 2400...THEN 1400-2000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 1100...THEN DECREASING TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW POSSIBLY HEAVY EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-37. MIN HUMIDITY........51-58%. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 8-13 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN NORTH/NORTHWEST 8-16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 13-24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500-5000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN FAIR. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. NOT AS COOL. LOWS AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0600... THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 1800. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR HEIL PA 7. +++ 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 03/23-18 100 100 33 57 NE 15 24 2 1 S16 3879 N 13 41847 F 03/23-19 100 100 32 59 NE 16 1 3538 N 15 45639 F 03/23-20 100 100 30 63 NE 16 1 3197 N 18 49431 F 03/23-21 100 100 28 68 NE 16 25 2 1 CALM 2856 N 22 53224 F 03/23-22 100 100 27 71 NE 16 1 2596 N 23 51099 F 03/23-23 100 100 26 74 NE 16 1 2337 N 24 48975 F 03/24-00 100 100 25 75 NE 16 25 2 1 NE17 2077 NE 26 46850 F 03/24-01 100 100 24 77 N 15 1 1958 N 25 43891 F 03/24-02 100 100 24 77 N 15 1 1838 N 25 40931 F 03/24-03 100 100 23 77 N 13 13 2 1 NE20 1718 N 25 37972 P 03/24-04 100 100 23 78 N 12 1 1590 N 24 33377 P 03/24-05 100 100 23 76 N 10 1 1462 N 22 28783 P 03/24-06 92 100 23 75 N 8 8 2 1 NE23 1334 N 21 24189 P 03/24-07 92 100 24 74 NE 13 1 1935 N 21 35836 P 03/24-08 92 100 24 71 NE 12 1 2536 N 22 47483 F 03/24-09 92 100 26 67 NE 10 10 2 1 NE21 3136 NE 22 59130 F 03/24-10 92 100 28 62 NE 9 1 3749 NE 21 66899 G 03/24-11 92 100 30 57 NE 9 1 4362 NE 20 74668 G 03/24-12 78 55 31 55 NE 8 8 2 1 NE17 4975 NE 20 82437 G 03/24-13 78 55 33 52 NE 7 1 5095 NE 17 77860 G 03/24-14 78 55 34 51 NE 6 1 5216 N 16 73283 G 03/24-15 78 55 34 51 NE 5 5 2 1 NE13 5336 N 15 68706 G 03/24-16 78 55 34 52 NE 5 1 4546 N 14 56724 F 03/24-17 78 55 33 54 N 5 1 3756 N 14 44742 F 03/24-18 57 10 31 58 N 5 5 2 1 NE10 2965 N 13 32759 P 03/24-19 57 10 30 60 N 5 1 2092 N 10 22355 P 03/24-20 57 10 28 63 NW 5 1 1219 NW 8 11950 P 03/24-21 57 10 26 66 NW 6 6 2 1 N13 345 NW 5 1545 P 03/24-22 57 10 25 68 W 6 1 298 NW 6 1416 P 03/24-23 57 10 24 70 W 7 1 250 W 6 1286 P 03/25-00 34 0 23 70 W 7 7 2 1 N14 202 W 7 1156 P 03/25-01 34 0 22 71 W 7 1 192 W 7 1139 P 03/25-02 34 0 22 72 W 8 1 182 W 7 1123 P 03/25-03 34 0 21 73 W 8 8 2 1 NW14 172 W 7 1106 P 03/25-04 34 0 21 74 W 8 1 172 W 7 1109 P 03/25-05 34 0 21 73 W 8 1 173 W 7 1113 P 03/25-06 11 0 21 74 W 8 8 2 1 N20 174 W 7 1116 P 03/25-07 11 0 22 75 W 7 1 260 W 7 1288 P 03/25-08 11 0 25 68 W 7 1 345 W 6 1461 P 03/25-09 11 0 29 60 W 6 6 3 1 N21 431 W 5 1633 P 03/25-10 11 0 33 52 W 5 1 1610 W 5 7351 P 03/25-11 11 0 37 46 SW 5 1 2789 W 5 13069 P 03/25-12 11 0 41 42 SW 3 3 4 1 NW18 3969 W 6 18787 P 03/25-13 11 0 43 38 S 5 1 4299 W 7 27998 P 03/25-14 11 0 45 35 S 5 1 4629 W 9 37209 P 03/25-15 11 0 46 34 S 6 6 3 1 W15 4959 W 10 46420 F 03/25-16 11 0 46 34 S 5 1 4370 W 12 43813 F 03/25-17 11 0 45 35 S 5 1 3780 W 13 41205 F 03/25-18 11 0 43 37 S 5 5 4 1 W21 3190 W 14 38597 P 03/25-19 11 0 41 39 SW 6 1 2312 W 13 27543 P 03/25-20 11 0 38 43 SW 7 1 1434 W 13 16490 P 03/25-21 11 0 35 49 W 9 9 3 1 W24 555 W 12 5436 P 03/25-22 11 0 33 53 W 10 1 427 W 13 4376 P 03/25-23 11 0 32 57 W 12 1 299 W 14 3316 P 03/26-00 37 0 31 68 W 12 12 3 1 SW23 172 W 15 2256 P 03/26-01 37 0 29 70 W 12 1 159 W 15 2024 P 03/26-02 37 0 29 71 W 12 1 146 W 14 1793 P 03/26-03 37 0 28 72 W 12 12 3 1 W33 133 W 14 1561 P 03/26-04 37 0 28 72 W 12 1 138 W 13 1580 P 03/26-05 37 0 28 71 W 12 1 143 W 13 1598 P 03/26-06 59 0 28 71 W 10 10 3 1 W25 149 W 13 1616 P 03/26-07 59 0 29 71 W 10 1 191 W 14 2420 P 03/26-08 59 0 31 65 W 12 1 234 W 15 3224 P 03/26-09 59 0 35 58 W 12 12 3 1 SW22 276 W 17 4028 P 03/26-10 59 0 39 51 W 10 1 1828 W 20 41051 F 03/26-11 59 0 43 45 W 9 1 3379 W 23 78074 G 03/26-12 84 10 46 42 SW 8 8 3 1 SW16 4931 W 26 115097 V 03/26-13 84 10 49 38 SW 9 1 5932 W 28 140348 V 03/26-14 84 10 50 36 W 10 1 6934 W 28 165599 E 03/26-15 84 10 51 35 W 12 12 3 1 W18 7935 W 28 190850 E 03/26-16 84 10 51 35 W 10 1 7631 W 23 155453 E 03/26-17 84 10 50 36 NW 8 1 7326 NW 18 120056 V 03/26-18 84 10 47 39 NW 6 6 3 1 W31 7021 NW 14 84660 G 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...BAKER WFO BOULDER REQUESTED BY...BOULDER COUNTY SHERIFF S OFFICE REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100323.HEILP.01/BOU