FNUS75 KBOU 122006 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR PLATTE RIVER...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 205 PM MDT THU AUG 12 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...STRONG WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FIRE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FLOATING AROUND THROUGH MID EVENING TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....85. MIN HUMIDITY........20-30%. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST UNDER 5 MPH...THEN SOUTHWEST WINDS AFTER 1500 AT 10-16 MPH. VARIABLE GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN AND NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 20-30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......12200-13200 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 9200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(50-60%) UNTIL 2100...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400. MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-56. MAX HUMIDITY........65-75%. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-16 MPH. VARIABLE GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN AND NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13-24 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN AROUND 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6800 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2100. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88. MIN HUMIDITY........15-25%. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8-10 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......10600-11600 FT AGL AFTER 1100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1000...THEN VERY GOOD. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1800...THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0600... THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR PLATTE RIVER. +++ 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 08/12-13 74 31 85 20 SW 13 4 13257 W 25 292960 E 08/12-14 74 31 86 19 SW 13 4 13487 W 25 295978 E 08/12-15 74 31 85 20 SW 13 20 3 4 W28 13717 W 25 298997 E 08/12-16 74 31 82 23 SW 14 4 11411 W 25 247547 E 08/12-17 74 31 81 24 SW 15 4 9106 SW 24 196097 E 08/12-18 62 31 78 28 SW 15 23 3 4 W38 6800 SW 24 144647 V 08/12-19 62 31 75 33 SW 14 4 4625 SW 21 97442 G 08/12-20 62 31 71 40 SW 12 4 2449 SW 16 50237 F 08/12-21 55 31 67 49 SW 9 14 2 4 W35 273 SW 13 3033 P 08/12-22 55 31 63 56 SW 8 4 238 SW 13 2551 P 08/12-23 55 31 60 62 SW 8 4 203 SW 12 2070 P 08/13-00 18 5 58 65 SW 8 8 4 1 W38 168 SW 10 1589 P 08/13-01 18 5 56 67 SW 8 1 164 SW 12 1562 P 08/13-02 18 5 55 68 SW 8 1 160 SW 12 1535 P 08/13-03 18 5 55 69 SW 8 8 2 1 W47 156 SW 12 1508 P 08/13-04 18 5 53 70 SW 8 1 157 SW 12 1531 P 08/13-05 18 5 52 72 W 9 1 159 W 12 1554 P 08/13-06 6 0 52 71 W 9 14 4 1 W45 160 W 12 1577 P 08/13-07 6 0 55 65 W 8 1 1809 W 15 32815 P 08/13-08 6 0 61 55 W 7 1 3459 W 18 64053 G 08/13-09 6 0 66 47 W 6 6 3 1 W43 5108 W 22 95291 G 08/13-10 6 0 72 37 W 6 1 6728 W 21 116619 V 08/13-11 6 0 76 30 NW 6 1 8347 W 20 137946 V 08/13-12 19 2 80 25 NW 6 6 2 1 W36 9966 W 18 159274 E 08/13-13 19 2 82 22 N 6 1 10498 W 17 152542 E 08/13-14 19 2 83 21 NE 7 1 11030 W 15 145809 V 08/13-15 19 2 84 21 NE 7 7 3 1 W23 11562 W 14 139077 V 08/13-16 19 2 84 21 NE 7 1 11598 W 13 122900 V 08/13-17 19 2 84 21 E 7 1 11635 W 10 106723 V 08/13-18 25 5 81 18 E 8 13 3 1 W18 10489 W 8 74848 G 08/13-19 25 5 78 21 E 7 1 7719 W 6 51075 F 08/13-20 25 5 74 25 S 6 1 4948 W 3 27302 P 08/13-21 25 5 69 30 SW 6 6 2 1 SW15 2178 W 2 3528 P 08/13-22 25 5 67 34 SW 7 1 1535 W 3 2866 P 08/13-23 25 5 63 39 SW 8 1 892 W 6 2204 P 08/14-00 25 5 59 46 W 9 15 2 1 SW26 249 W 7 1542 P 08/14-01 25 5 55 54 W 9 1 209 W 8 1375 P 08/14-02 25 5 53 59 W 9 1 169 W 8 1209 P 08/14-03 25 5 51 61 W 9 15 3 1 SW29 129 W 9 1043 P 08/14-04 25 5 51 62 W 9 1 129 W 9 1027 P 08/14-05 25 5 50 64 W 9 1 129 W 9 1012 P 08/14-06 29 5 51 62 W 8 13 4 1 W16 129 W 9 996 P 08/14-07 29 5 52 59 W 7 1 271 W 8 1419 P 08/14-08 29 5 59 46 NW 5 1 414 W 6 1841 P 08/14-09 29 5 66 36 NW 3 3 3 1 W10 557 W 5 2264 P 08/14-10 29 5 71 30 N 5 1 3816 W 6 24496 P 08/14-11 29 5 75 27 NE 6 1 7075 W 7 46729 F 08/14-12 64 21 78 24 E 7 7 3 3 W18 10334 W 8 68961 G 08/14-13 64 21 81 22 E 8 3 11690 W 8 84764 G 08/14-14 64 21 82 22 E 8 3 13046 W 9 100568 V 08/14-15 64 21 84 21 E 9 15 4 3 W16 14402 SW 9 116371 V 08/14-16 64 21 84 21 E 10 3 13599 W 7 85751 G 08/14-17 64 21 83 22 NE 13 3 12796 NW 5 55131 F 08/14-18 75 30 82 25 NE 14 22 3 4 W13 11993 NW 2 24511 P 08/14-19 75 30 78 29 NE 15 4 9798 NW 7 40585 F 08/14-20 75 30 74 35 NE 16 4 7603 N 12 56658 F 08/14-21 75 30 69 43 NE 16 25 2 4 S16 5408 NE 15 72732 G 08/14-22 75 30 67 50 NE 14 4 4577 NE 13 54017 F 08/14-23 75 30 63 60 NE 10 4 3746 NE 9 35302 P 08/15-00 53 37 59 72 NE 7 7 2 2 SW22 2915 NE 7 16586 P 08/15-01 53 37 55 86 NE 5 2 2233 NE 5 11548 P 08/15-02 53 37 52 94 NE 3 2 1551 NE 3 6509 P 08/15-03 53 37 51 96 NE 2 2 2 2 SW25 869 NE 2 1471 P 08/15-04 53 37 50 96 NE 2 2 859 NE 2 1484 P 08/15-05 53 37 49 95 E 2 2 850 SE 2 1498 P 08/15-06 63 37 50 91 E 2 2 2 2 W26 841 S 2 1511 P 08/15-07 63 37 51 88 E 2 2 1790 S 5 10742 P 08/15-08 63 37 56 76 E 3 2 2738 S 7 19972 P 08/15-09 63 37 61 64 SE 3 3 2 2 W26 3686 SW 9 29203 P 08/15-10 63 37 65 55 SE 5 2 4174 SW 9 35353 P 08/15-11 63 37 69 50 SE 5 2 4663 SW 10 41502 F 08/15-12 69 30 71 46 SE 6 6 2 4 W26 5151 SW 10 47652 F 08/15-13 69 30 73 43 E 6 4 5236 W 9 42625 F 08/15-14 69 30 74 42 E 6 4 5321 W 8 37598 P 08/15-15 69 30 76 41 E 6 6 3 4 W24 5407 W 7 32571 P 08/15-16 69 30 76 41 NE 6 4 5532 W 6 30219 P 08/15-17 69 30 75 42 NE 6 4 5656 W 6 27868 P 08/15-18 69 30 74 45 NE 6 6 3 4 W24 5781 W 5 25516 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...PUEBLO DISPATCH REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100812.PLATT.01/BOU