FNUS75 KBOU 071054 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR COW CREEK...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 454 AM MDT TUE SEP 7 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DRY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY SOME INCREASE IN MID CLOUDS TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER TODAY WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN HUMIDITY. LOW LEVEL INVERSIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO BREAK AFTER 1100. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65. MIN HUMIDITY........17%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 8-12 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN SOUTHWEST 8-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......8800-9800 FT AGL AFTER 1500. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1200...THEN VERY GOOD. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(40-50%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....47. MAX HUMIDITY........51%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-16 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2100. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200...THEN CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61. MIN HUMIDITY........45%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 11-16 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13-24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......7400-8400 FT AGL AFTER 1000. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...THEN FAIR UNTIL 0900...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN GOOD. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1200. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. EXPERIMENTAL FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR COW CREEK. +++ 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 09/07-04 0 0 38 32 W 12 10 1 232 W 10 2069 P 09/07-05 0 0 37 33 W 10 10 1 198 W 10 1712 P 09/07-06 3 0 37 35 W 10 16 4 1 W45 164 W 9 1356 P 09/07-07 3 0 38 34 W 9 1 390 W 9 3089 P 09/07-08 3 0 41 32 W 9 1 615 W 9 4822 P 09/07-09 3 0 46 29 W 8 13 4 1 W45 841 W 9 6555 P 09/07-10 3 0 50 26 W 7 1 2723 W 13 45124 F 09/07-11 3 0 55 23 W 6 1 4605 W 17 83694 G 09/07-12 24 0 59 20 W 6 6 4 1 W43 6487 W 22 122264 V 09/07-13 24 0 61 19 W 6 1 7559 W 21 133856 V 09/07-14 24 0 63 18 SW 7 1 8632 W 20 145448 V 09/07-15 24 0 64 17 SW 7 7 3 1 W32 9704 W 18 157040 E 09/07-16 24 0 65 17 SW 7 1 9127 SW 17 138651 V 09/07-17 24 0 65 18 S 8 1 8550 SW 16 120263 V 09/07-18 36 5 58 22 S 8 13 3 1 SW29 7974 SW 15 101874 V 09/07-19 36 5 57 25 S 8 1 6173 SW 13 75374 G 09/07-20 36 5 55 29 S 8 1 4372 SW 12 48873 F 09/07-21 36 5 52 33 S 8 13 2 1 SW35 2570 SW 10 22373 P 09/07-22 36 5 51 37 SW 8 1 2092 SW 10 18730 P 09/07-23 36 5 50 41 SW 8 1 1613 SW 12 15088 P 09/08-00 55 5 49 45 SW 9 15 2 1 SW47 1134 SW 12 11445 P 09/08-01 55 5 48 47 SW 10 1 888 SW 12 8996 P 09/08-02 55 5 48 48 SW 12 1 642 SW 12 6547 P 09/08-03 55 5 48 48 SW 13 21 2 1 W39 396 SW 12 4098 P 09/08-04 55 5 48 49 SW 14 1 505 SW 13 5953 P 09/08-05 55 5 47 50 W 14 1 614 W 14 7808 P 09/08-06 66 20 48 51 W 14 22 2 3 W47 723 W 15 9663 P 09/08-07 66 20 49 51 W 14 3 1725 W 17 30445 P 09/08-08 66 20 51 50 SW 13 3 2727 W 20 51226 F 09/08-09 66 20 54 48 SW 12 18 2 3 W41 3729 W 22 72008 G 09/08-10 66 20 57 46 SW 12 3 4959 W 23 97340 G 09/08-11 66 20 58 46 SW 13 3 6190 W 23 122673 V 09/08-12 61 30 59 45 SW 14 22 2 4 SW45 7420 W 23 148006 V 09/08-13 61 30 60 45 SW 14 4 7920 W 21 142441 V 09/08-14 61 30 61 45 SW 14 4 8421 SW 18 136875 V 09/08-15 61 30 61 45 SW 14 22 2 4 W44 8921 SW 17 131310 V 09/08-16 61 30 61 45 SW 14 4 8065 SW 15 107521 V 09/08-17 61 30 60 46 SW 14 4 7208 SW 13 83733 G 09/08-18 61 30 60 46 SW 13 21 2 4 W30 6352 SW 10 59944 F 09/08-19 61 30 58 49 SW 12 4 5533 SW 10 50693 F 09/08-20 61 30 56 52 SW 10 4 4713 SW 10 41443 F 09/08-21 61 30 55 53 SW 9 15 2 4 SW33 3894 W 9 32192 P 09/08-22 61 30 54 54 SW 10 4 2935 SW 10 24699 P 09/08-23 61 30 53 55 SW 12 4 1976 SW 10 17206 P 09/09-00 50 5 52 57 SW 14 22 2 1 SW35 1017 SW 12 9713 P 09/09-01 50 5 51 59 SW 15 1 801 SW 12 7896 P 09/09-02 50 5 50 61 SW 15 1 584 SW 13 6080 P 09/09-03 50 5 50 63 SW 16 25 2 1 SW35 367 SW 14 4263 P 09/09-04 50 5 49 64 SW 17 1 401 SW 15 5242 P 09/09-05 50 5 49 65 SW 18 1 436 SW 16 6221 P 09/09-06 50 5 49 64 SW 20 31 2 1 SW33 470 SW 17 7200 P 09/09-07 50 5 50 60 SW 21 1 1413 SW 20 26818 P 09/09-08 50 5 52 53 SW 22 1 2355 SW 21 46437 F 09/09-09 29 5 55 46 W 22 35 2 1 SW47 3297 SW 23 66056 G 09/09-10 29 5 57 40 SW 22 1 4570 SW 24 99965 G 09/09-11 29 5 58 37 SW 21 1 5842 SW 25 133875 V 09/09-12 50 10 60 34 SW 20 31 2 2 SW51 7115 SW 28 167785 E 09/09-13 50 10 60 32 SW 18 2 7489 SW 28 181506 E 09/09-14 50 10 61 31 SW 17 2 7863 SW 29 195226 E 09/09-15 50 10 61 31 SW 16 25 2 2 SW46 8237 SW 29 208947 E 09/09-16 50 10 61 30 SW 17 2 7617 SW 28 185041 E 09/09-17 50 10 60 31 SW 20 2 6998 SW 26 161135 E 09/09-18 50 10 60 31 SW 21 33 2 2 SW37 6378 SW 25 137228 V 09/09-19 50 10 58 33 SW 22 2 09/09-20 50 10 55 34 W 22 2 09/09-21 50 10 54 35 W 21 33 2 09/09-22 50 10 53 35 W 20 2 09/09-23 50 10 52 34 W 17 2 09/10-00 55 10 50 36 W 15 24 2 09/10-01 55 10 49 38 W 12 2 09/10-02 55 10 48 41 W 8 2 09/10-03 55 10 47 42 W 7 7 2 09/10-04 55 10 47 40 W 8 2 09/10-05 55 10 46 38 W 10 2 09/10-06 55 10 46 36 W 13 21 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 $$ WFO BOULDER REQUESTED BY...FIRE OPERATIONS REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100906.COWCR.01/BOU