FNUS75 KBOU 151745 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR FOOTHILLS TRAINING...COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1145 AM MDT SAT MAY 15 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL BRING COOL AND MOIST CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. THE AIR MASS WILL BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A WEAK THUNDERSTORM. WINDS WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE AND GENERALLY UNDER 10 MPH. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. A SLIGHT OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-47. MIN HUMIDITY........60-70%. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 4-12 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS UNTIL 1200...THEN WEST 12-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2200 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 6600-7600 FT AGL AFTER 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100. GOOD AFTER 1300. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR FOOTHILLS TRAINING. +++ 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 05/15-11 70 29 44 65 NE 2 1 5240 W 8 39233 P 05/15-12 71 50 46 63 NE 2 2 3 2 S13 6661 W 9 52709 F 05/15-13 71 50 47 62 NE 3 2 6992 W 10 64908 G 05/15-14 71 50 47 61 N 3 2 7323 W 12 77108 G 05/15-15 71 50 48 60 N 5 5 3 2 W10 7654 W 14 89308 G 05/15-16 71 50 48 59 N 6 2 7185 W 16 97169 G 05/15-17 71 50 47 59 NW 6 2 6716 W 18 105030 V 05/15-18 71 40 47 61 NW 7 7 3 2 W17 6247 W 21 112891 V 05/15-19 71 40 46 63 NW 8 2 5718 W 18 94078 G 05/15-20 71 40 44 67 W 8 2 5189 W 16 75265 G 05/15-21 71 40 43 72 W 9 15 2 2 NW18 4661 W 14 56452 F 05/15-22 71 40 42 75 W 9 2 3983 W 14 47270 F 05/15-23 71 40 41 78 W 10 2 3305 NW 13 38089 P 05/16-00 49 10 40 79 W 10 16 2 1 NW21 2627 NW 13 28908 P 05/16-01 49 10 39 79 W 12 1 2219 NW 13 25007 P 05/16-02 49 10 38 78 W 12 1 1810 NW 14 21107 P 05/16-03 49 10 38 77 W 13 21 2 1 NW25 1402 NW 14 17206 P 05/16-04 49 10 38 75 W 13 1 1348 NW 16 18799 P 05/16-05 49 10 38 74 W 14 1 1294 NW 18 20392 P 05/16-06 35 0 38 74 W 14 22 2 1 NW26 1239 NW 21 21985 P 05/16-07 35 0 38 72 W 14 1 2759 NW 20 45656 F 05/16-08 35 0 41 66 NW 14 1 4278 NW 20 69327 G 05/16-09 35 0 44 62 NW 14 22 3 1 NW24 5797 NW 18 92998 G 05/16-10 35 0 47 55 NW 13 1 7288 NW 18 113303 V 05/16-11 35 0 49 49 NW 13 1 8780 NW 17 133608 V 05/16-12 55 10 50 45 NW 12 12 3 2 NW23 10272 NW 17 153914 E 05/16-13 55 10 51 43 NW 12 2 10486 NW 16 150019 E 05/16-14 55 10 52 42 NW 12 2 10700 NW 16 146124 V 05/16-15 55 10 52 41 NW 12 12 3 2 NW17 10915 NW 15 142230 V 05/16-16 55 10 52 41 NW 12 2 10323 NW 16 139501 V 05/16-17 55 10 52 42 W 13 2 9732 NW 16 136773 V 05/16-18 55 10 51 43 W 13 13 3 2 NW15 9141 W 17 134045 V 05/16-19 55 10 50 46 W 13 2 6737 W 15 96473 G 05/16-20 55 10 48 50 W 12 2 4332 W 14 58901 F 05/16-21 55 10 46 54 W 10 10 3 2 NW15 1928 W 13 21329 P 05/16-22 55 10 44 56 W 9 2 1416 W 10 14745 P 05/16-23 55 10 43 55 W 7 2 905 W 7 8160 P 05/17-00 33 0 42 55 W 6 6 3 1 W14 393 W 5 1575 P 05/17-01 33 0 41 55 W 6 1 356 W 5 1511 P 05/17-02 33 0 40 56 W 6 1 320 W 6 1447 P 05/17-03 33 0 40 57 W 6 6 2 1 W20 283 W 6 1382 P 05/17-04 33 0 39 55 W 6 1 270 W 6 1396 P 05/17-05 33 0 39 54 W 7 1 257 W 7 1410 P 05/17-06 33 0 39 54 W 7 7 2 1 NW24 244 W 7 1424 P 05/17-07 33 0 40 54 W 6 1 1538 W 7 7952 P 05/17-08 33 0 44 50 W 5 1 2832 W 6 14480 P 05/17-09 33 0 47 46 W 3 3 2 1 NW22 4126 W 6 21008 P 05/17-10 33 0 51 40 SW 2 1 5863 W 7 38379 P 05/17-11 33 0 53 36 S 2 1 7600 W 8 55750 F 05/17-12 59 10 55 32 SE 2 2 2 2 W23 9337 W 9 73121 G 05/17-13 59 10 56 31 SE 3 2 9611 W 10 82985 G 05/17-14 59 10 56 31 E 5 2 9884 W 10 92849 G 05/17-15 59 10 57 31 E 6 6 3 2 W28 10158 W 12 102713 V 05/17-16 59 10 57 31 SE 6 2 9435 W 12 93150 G 05/17-17 59 10 57 32 SE 5 2 8712 SW 12 83586 G 05/17-18 59 10 56 34 SE 3 3 3 2 W30 7988 SW 10 74023 G 05/17-19 59 10 54 37 SE 3 2 5460 SW 9 49982 F 05/17-20 59 10 51 42 SE 5 2 2932 S 7 25940 P 05/17-21 59 10 48 47 SE 5 5 3 2 W32 404 SE 6 1899 P 05/17-22 59 10 46 50 SE 5 2 390 SE 6 2021 P 05/17-23 59 10 45 52 S 6 2 376 S 7 2144 P 05/18-00 73 20 43 54 S 6 6 2 1 W33 363 S 7 2266 P 05/18-01 73 20 42 56 S 7 1 343 S 8 2337 P 05/18-02 73 20 41 57 SW 8 1 322 S 9 2409 P 05/18-03 73 20 40 59 SW 9 9 3 1 W30 302 SW 9 2480 P 05/18-04 73 20 40 58 SW 9 1 288 SW 9 2198 P 05/18-05 73 20 39 58 SW 8 1 273 SW 8 1916 P 05/18-06 73 20 39 58 S 8 8 3 1 W18 258 S 7 1634 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...KEITH BOL REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100515.FOOTH.01/BOU