FNUS75 KBOU 231051 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR GORE CANYON...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 451 AM MDT SUN MAY 23 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVERHEAD TODAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT MIX DOWN. EVEN THOUGH THE AIRMASS WILL BE DRY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES UNSTABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS. SOUTHWEST WINDS DURING THE MORNING WILL TURN WESTERLY BY LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(40-50%). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM AFTER 1500. MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73. MIN HUMIDITY........12-16%. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16-24 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 32-36 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2600-3600 FT AGL AFTER 0700 UNTIL 0900...THEN 6600-7600 FT AGL UNTIL 1200...THEN 9800-10800 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 8200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0700...THEN GOOD UNTIL 0800...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 0900...THEN EXCELLENT. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%) UNTIL 0300...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400. MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45. MAX HUMIDITY........45-55%. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13-23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN SOUTHWEST 8-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 25-36 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN SOUTHWEST AROUND 24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5800-6800 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 4000-5000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1900. VERY GOOD AFTER 2100. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-58. MIN HUMIDITY........27%. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 8-12 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25-36 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 36-40 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5200-6200 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 14200-15000 FT AGL AFTER 1500. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 0800. EXCELLENT AFTER 1400. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR GORE CANYON. +++ 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 05/23-04 41 0 43 42 NE 2 1 871 S 13 10764 P 05/23-05 41 0 41 47 E 2 1 629 S 9 6425 P 05/23-06 25 0 39 53 E 5 5 2 1 SW79 387 SE 7 2087 P 05/23-07 25 0 45 44 E 6 1 2036 S 16 53285 F 05/23-08 25 0 53 35 S 8 1 3686 S 24 104483 V 05/23-09 25 0 60 27 SW 10 10 2 1 S64 5335 SW 33 155681 E 05/23-10 25 0 63 22 SW 13 1 6586 SW 33 190845 E 05/23-11 25 0 65 19 SW 15 1 7837 S 33 226009 E 05/23-12 44 0 66 17 SW 17 26 2 1 S61 9089 S 33 261172 E 05/23-13 44 0 68 15 SW 21 1 9734 S 36 294378 E 05/23-14 44 0 69 14 SW 24 1 10380 S 37 327583 E 05/23-15 44 2 69 13 S 26 39 3 1 S44 11026 S 38 360789 E 05/23-16 44 2 70 13 S 26 1 9630 S 38 314882 E 05/23-17 44 2 69 14 S 25 1 8234 S 38 268975 E 05/23-18 56 10 68 15 S 23 35 3 2 S51 6837 S 38 223068 E 05/23-19 56 10 65 16 S 21 2 5751 S 35 179685 E 05/23-20 56 10 62 18 S 17 2 4665 S 33 136302 V 05/23-21 56 10 58 21 S 15 22 3 2 S53 3579 S 30 92919 G 05/23-22 56 10 56 23 SW 12 2 3932 S 29 94221 G 05/23-23 56 10 55 26 SW 8 2 4285 SW 26 95524 G 05/24-00 54 6 53 28 SW 6 6 3 1 S51 4638 SW 24 96825 G 05/24-01 54 6 51 31 SW 6 1 4527 SW 24 96195 G 05/24-02 54 6 48 36 SW 7 1 4415 SW 25 95565 G 05/24-03 61 6 46 40 SW 8 8 2 1 S58 4304 SW 25 94934 G 05/24-04 61 6 44 44 SW 8 1 4474 SW 25 98091 G 05/24-05 61 6 42 47 SW 8 1 4644 SW 25 101248 V 05/24-06 67 10 42 48 SW 8 8 2 2 S55 4814 SW 25 104405 V 05/24-07 67 10 45 45 SW 9 2 5271 SW 26 123232 V 05/24-08 67 10 48 39 SW 12 2 5728 SW 29 142060 V 05/24-09 67 10 47 41 SW 14 17 2 2 S56 6185 SW 30 160887 E 05/24-10 67 16 50 35 SW 17 3 7775 SW 35 236053 E 05/24-11 67 16 52 32 SW 22 3 9060 SW 37 297286 E 05/24-12 70 16 53 29 SW 25 40 2 3 S59 10345 S 40 358519 E 05/24-13 70 16 54 28 SW 26 3 11822 SW 38 387314 E 05/24-14 70 16 55 27 SW 26 3 13299 SW 37 416109 E 05/24-15 70 16 55 27 SW 25 41 2 3 W35 14775 SW 35 444904 E 05/24-16 70 16 55 27 W 25 3 14355 W 36 442079 E 05/24-17 70 16 55 28 W 25 3 13935 W 37 439254 E 05/24-18 45 9 53 29 W 23 37 2 1 W44 13515 W 37 436429 E 05/24-19 45 9 51 31 W 20 1 11626 W 37 369517 E 05/24-20 45 9 48 35 W 16 1 9737 W 36 302605 E 05/24-21 45 9 45 40 W 12 12 2 1 W54 7848 W 35 235693 E 05/24-22 45 9 42 43 NW 7 1 6785 W 32 192244 E 05/24-23 45 9 41 46 N 5 1 5721 W 29 148795 V 05/25-00 35 0 39 49 N 2 2 2 1 SW48 4658 W 26 105346 V 05/25-01 35 0 38 52 CALM 1 3998 W 23 81472 G 05/25-02 35 0 36 55 W 2 1 3337 SW 18 57597 F 05/25-03 35 0 35 57 W 3 3 2 1 SW54 2676 SW 15 33724 P 05/25-04 35 0 35 58 SW 3 1 2383 SW 13 27341 P 05/25-05 35 0 34 58 S 2 1 2090 SW 12 20959 P 05/25-06 35 0 34 57 S 2 2 2 1 SW53 1797 SW 9 14578 P 05/25-07 35 0 36 52 S 2 1 2927 SW 13 39543 P 05/25-08 35 0 43 39 S 3 1 4058 SW 16 64509 G 05/25-09 35 0 48 30 S 5 5 2 1 SW51 5189 SW 21 89475 G 05/25-10 35 0 53 24 S 6 1 7078 SW 24 157809 E 05/25-11 35 0 57 20 SW 7 1 8968 SW 28 226143 E 05/25-12 50 10 61 18 SW 8 8 3 2 SW48 10857 SW 31 294477 E 05/25-13 50 10 62 17 SW 8 2 11443 SW 30 292405 E 05/25-14 50 10 63 16 SW 9 2 12028 SW 28 290334 E 05/25-15 50 10 65 16 SW 9 9 2 2 S39 12614 SW 26 288262 E 05/25-16 50 10 65 16 SW 9 2 12182 SW 25 261723 E 05/25-17 50 10 64 17 SW 9 2 11751 SW 23 235184 E 05/25-18 50 10 63 18 SW 9 9 3 2 S36 11318 SW 22 208645 E 05/25-19 50 10 61 19 SW 9 2 05/25-20 50 10 57 23 S 9 2 05/25-21 50 10 53 26 S 9 9 2 05/25-22 50 10 51 30 S 9 2 05/25-23 50 10 49 33 SE 8 2 05/26-00 31 0 47 36 E 8 8 1 05/26-01 31 0 46 38 E 7 1 05/26-02 31 0 44 40 E 6 1 05/26-03 31 0 43 42 E 5 5 1 05/26-04 31 0 42 42 E 3 1 05/26-05 31 0 42 43 E 3 1 05/26-06 31 0 42 44 E 3 3 1 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...CASEY CHEESBROUGH REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100522.GOREC.01/BOU