FNUS75 KBOU 261720 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR JAMES MARK JONES RX...CSFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1115 AM MDT WED MAY 26 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...STRONG DAYTIME HEATING WILL PRODUCE EXCELLENT SMOKE DISPERSION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS BOTH TODAY AND THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS IN AND NEAR THE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LARGE CUMULUS BUILDUPS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE LIGHTNING. BREEZY SOUTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL DURING THE LATE MORNING...AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BOTH DAYS AS DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW PREVAILS OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING WITH LOW HUMIDITY READINGS EACH AFTERNOON AS WELL. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64. MIN HUMIDITY........15%. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 16-24 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......9600-10600 FT AGL UNTIL 1400...THEN 12200-13000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 2100...THEN MOSTLY CLEAR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2300. MIN TEMPERATURE.....45. MAX HUMIDITY........53%. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-8 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16-24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......12200 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. 1400-2000 FT AGL AFTER 0200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 0200. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(35-45%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....70. MIN HUMIDITY........17%. WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-20 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTH 16-26 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-3400 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...INCREASING TO 10600-11600 FT AGL AFTER 1100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...THEN GOOD UNTIL 0900...THEN BECOMING EXCELLENT AFTER 1200. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS AROUND 70. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR JAMES MARK JONES RX. +++ 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 05/26-11 16 0 56 23 S 16 1 8720 S 23 174040 E 05/26-12 57 10 59 19 S 18 28 2 2 SW23 10226 S 23 207527 E 05/26-13 57 10 61 17 S 21 2 11176 S 24 233412 E 05/26-14 57 10 62 16 S 22 2 12125 S 24 259298 E 05/26-15 39 10 64 15 S 22 33 2 2 SW30 13075 S 25 285183 E 05/26-16 39 10 64 15 S 22 2 12777 S 25 282136 E 05/26-17 39 10 64 16 S 20 2 12479 S 25 279088 E 05/26-18 66 10 63 17 S 18 28 3 2 SW31 12181 S 26 276041 E 05/26-19 66 10 60 20 S 16 2 10023 S 25 225066 E 05/26-20 66 10 57 25 S 15 2 7865 S 25 174091 E 05/26-21 25 10 54 30 S 13 20 3 2 SW38 5707 S 25 123116 V 05/26-22 25 10 52 33 S 10 2 4839 S 24 101156 V 05/26-23 25 0 51 36 S 8 1 3971 S 22 79196 G 05/27-00 15 0 49 39 S 7 7 2 1 SW39 3103 S 21 57236 F 05/27-01 15 0 48 41 S 7 1 2599 S 20 46200 F 05/27-02 15 0 46 45 S 7 1 2095 S 18 35165 P 05/27-03 32 0 46 48 SW 8 8 2 1 SW43 1591 S 17 24130 P 05/27-04 32 0 45 50 SW 9 1 1513 S 16 21050 P 05/27-05 32 0 45 52 SW 12 1 1435 SW 14 17970 P 05/27-06 16 0 45 53 SW 13 20 2 1 SW38 1357 SW 13 14890 P 05/27-07 16 0 46 49 SW 12 1 2690 SW 16 46135 F 05/27-08 16 0 51 40 SW 10 1 4022 SW 20 77380 G 05/27-09 16 0 55 34 S 10 16 4 1 SW39 5354 SW 23 108625 V 05/27-10 16 0 59 28 S 14 1 6868 SW 25 153934 E 05/27-11 16 0 62 24 S 20 1 8381 SW 26 199243 E 05/27-12 39 8 65 21 S 23 35 5 1 SW36 9895 SW 29 244552 E 05/27-13 39 8 66 20 S 23 1 10447 SW 28 249326 E 05/27-14 39 8 67 19 S 22 1 10999 SW 26 254100 E 05/27-15 39 8 68 18 S 20 30 3 1 SW29 11551 SW 25 258874 E 05/27-16 39 8 68 17 S 18 1 11669 SW 24 245481 E 05/27-17 39 8 68 18 SW 18 1 11787 SW 23 232087 E 05/27-18 41 8 67 19 SW 17 26 3 1 SW24 11905 SW 21 218694 E 05/27-19 41 8 65 21 SW 16 1 9718 SW 20 171247 E 05/27-20 41 8 61 26 SW 14 1 7531 SW 18 123800 V 05/27-21 41 8 58 33 SW 13 20 3 1 SW18 5344 SW 16 76352 G 05/27-22 41 8 55 35 SW 12 1 3928 SW 17 70163 G 05/27-23 41 8 53 36 SW 10 1 2196 SW 14 37316 P 05/28-00 33 4 52 37 SW 10 16 3 1 SW21 465 SW 12 4468 P 05/28-01 33 4 50 41 SW 12 1 448 SW 12 4481 P 05/28-02 33 4 49 47 SW 13 1 430 SW 12 4494 P 05/28-03 33 4 48 53 SW 13 20 3 1 S22 413 SW 13 4506 P 05/28-04 33 4 47 56 SW 12 1 389 SW 10 3664 P 05/28-05 33 4 47 58 W 9 1 364 W 9 2822 P 05/28-06 25 4 47 57 W 7 7 3 1 S24 340 W 7 1979 P 05/28-07 25 4 49 51 SW 6 1 2068 SW 9 21520 P 05/28-08 25 4 53 41 SW 6 1 3795 SW 10 41060 F 05/28-09 25 4 57 33 SW 6 6 3 1 S24 5522 SW 13 60600 G 05/28-10 25 4 61 28 S 7 1 7468 S 13 83131 G 05/28-11 25 4 64 25 S 9 1 9414 S 13 105662 V 05/28-12 58 22 66 22 S 10 16 2 3 S22 11359 S 13 128193 V 05/28-13 58 22 67 21 S 10 3 11802 S 15 154918 E 05/28-14 58 22 68 21 S 12 3 12246 S 17 181643 E 05/28-15 58 22 69 20 S 12 17 2 3 S31 12689 S 18 208368 E 05/28-16 58 22 69 19 S 14 3 12407 S 21 222101 E 05/28-17 58 22 69 19 S 16 3 12126 S 23 235834 E 05/28-18 59 22 67 20 S 17 26 2 3 S28 11845 S 24 249567 E 05/28-19 59 22 65 21 S 16 3 10199 S 24 217059 E 05/28-20 59 22 62 25 SW 14 3 8553 S 25 184552 E 05/28-21 59 22 59 29 SW 12 17 2 3 S36 6907 S 25 152045 E 05/28-22 59 22 56 33 SW 10 3 6034 S 25 130697 V 05/28-23 59 22 54 37 SW 10 3 5162 S 24 109350 V 05/29-00 45 0 53 41 SW 10 16 2 1 S41 4289 S 24 88003 G 05/29-01 45 0 51 45 SW 13 1 3678 S 24 77158 G 05/29-02 45 0 50 49 SW 14 1 3067 SW 25 66313 G 05/29-03 45 0 49 52 SW 15 23 2 1 S46 2456 SW 26 55468 F 05/29-04 45 0 48 54 SW 12 1 2227 SW 21 42211 F 05/29-05 45 0 48 55 SW 8 1 1998 SW 15 28953 P 05/29-06 31 4 48 54 W 5 5 2 1 SW38 1769 SW 10 15696 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...LARRY LONG REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100526.JAMES.01/BOU