FNUS75 KBOU 011514 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR INDEPENDENCE PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 900 AM MDT MON NOV 1 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLEARING HAS YET TO OCCUR IN JACKSON COUNTY. HOWEVER GRADUAL CLEARING IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR SPREADS DOWN FROM WYOMING. THE DELAY IN CLEARING WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES TO LEVELS SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE DATE. DRIER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS IN OVER THE STATE. HOWEVER...WE COULD SEE PERIODS OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY THAT COULD DELAY DISSIPATION OF THE NIGHTTIME INVERSION AND HAMPER SMOKE DISPERSAL. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 1200...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%). ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 1100. MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-49. MIN HUMIDITY........44-51%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 7-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3800-4800 FT AGL UNTIL 1200...THEN 5200-5800 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....22-26. MAX HUMIDITY........89-96%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 7-13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-3800 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(35-50%)...MAINLY MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....49-53. MIN HUMIDITY........34-40%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6-11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 2200-3200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600...THEN POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS AROUND 50. NORTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS AROUND 50. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS AROUND 50. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR INDEPENDENCE PILES. +++ DATA IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE HAS BEEN SAMPLED DIRECTLY FROM THE FORECAST DATABASE. VALUES IN THE TABLE MAY VARY SLIGHTLY FROM INFORMATION IN THE NARRATIVE 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 11/01-08 44 10 30 92 NW 9 1 2529 NW 15 30403 P 11/01-09 44 10 34 80 NW 8 13 2 1 N17 3012 N 13 33155 P 11/01-10 44 10 37 71 NW 8 1 4229 N 13 44590 F 11/01-11 44 10 40 65 NW 8 1 5445 N 12 56025 F 11/01-12 20 10 41 61 NW 9 15 2 1 N18 6662 N 12 67459 G 11/01-13 20 10 42 57 NW 10 1 6648 N 12 63263 G 11/01-14 20 10 42 53 NW 12 1 6633 NW 10 59067 F 11/01-15 21 5 43 50 NW 12 18 2 1 N39 6619 NW 9 54871 F 11/01-16 21 5 42 51 W 10 1 5646 NW 10 47749 F 11/01-17 21 5 41 53 W 8 1 4674 W 10 40628 F 11/01-18 13 0 39 57 W 7 7 3 1 N49 3702 W 10 33507 P 11/01-19 13 0 37 60 W 7 1 2575 W 10 23259 P 11/01-20 13 0 34 65 W 8 1 1448 W 10 13011 P 11/01-21 0 0 31 69 W 9 15 2 1 N47 321 W 10 2763 P 11/01-22 0 0 29 75 W 9 1 287 W 9 2447 P 11/01-23 0 0 28 81 W 10 1 253 W 9 2131 P 11/02-00 9 0 27 86 W 10 16 2 1 N45 219 W 9 1815 P 11/02-01 9 0 26 93 W 10 1 217 W 10 1864 P 11/02-02 9 0 25 97 W 12 1 214 W 10 1912 P 11/02-03 9 0 25 98 W 12 18 2 1 N52 212 W 10 1961 P 11/02-04 9 0 24 89 W 12 1 204 W 10 1745 P 11/02-05 9 0 24 78 W 10 1 196 W 9 1530 P 11/02-06 10 0 24 71 W 9 15 2 1 N56 188 W 8 1314 P 11/02-07 10 0 25 70 W 8 1 268 W 8 1724 P 11/02-08 10 0 27 72 W 8 1 348 W 7 2135 P 11/02-09 10 0 33 63 NW 7 7 2 1 N54 428 W 7 2545 P 11/02-10 10 0 38 55 NW 7 1 1060 W 8 9140 P 11/02-11 10 0 44 46 W 7 1 1692 NW 9 15735 P 11/02-12 10 0 46 44 W 7 7 2 1 N46 2325 NW 12 22331 P 11/02-13 10 0 50 39 W 8 1 2753 NW 13 30141 P 11/02-14 10 0 50 40 NW 9 1 3181 NW 14 37951 P 11/02-15 10 0 50 39 NW 9 15 2 1 N45 3609 NW 15 45761 F 11/02-16 10 0 50 39 NW 9 1 2839 NW 13 34161 P 11/02-17 10 0 49 41 NW 8 1 2069 NW 12 22561 P 11/02-18 21 0 44 47 NW 7 7 2 1 N51 1685 W 5 6852 P 11/02-19 21 0 40 55 NW 7 1 1234 W 5 4917 P 11/02-20 21 0 40 54 NW 7 1 782 NW 3 2982 P 11/02-21 21 0 38 56 NW 7 7 2 1 N47 331 NW 3 1047 P 11/02-22 21 0 39 54 NW 7 1 318 NW 3 935 P 11/02-23 21 0 36 58 N 6 1 305 NW 3 823 P 11/03-00 5 0 36 56 N 6 6 2 1 N44 292 NW 2 711 P 11/03-01 5 0 36 54 N 6 1 278 NW 2 660 P 11/03-02 5 0 35 55 NW 5 1 263 NW 2 608 P 11/03-03 5 0 35 54 NW 5 5 2 1 N41 249 NW 2 556 P 11/03-04 5 0 36 51 NW 6 1 237 NW 3 619 P 11/03-05 5 0 35 51 NW 6 1 225 NW 3 681 P 11/03-06 10 0 33 57 NW 7 7 3 1 N39 213 NW 3 744 P 11/03-07 10 0 32 64 N 7 1 218 NW 3 660 P 11/03-08 10 0 31 71 N 6 1 222 NW 3 576 P 11/03-09 10 0 36 62 N 5 5 3 1 N36 226 NW 2 492 P 11/03-10 10 0 40 61 N 5 1 1294 NW 3 6145 P 11/03-11 10 0 45 56 N 5 1 2362 N 5 11798 P 11/03-12 10 0 47 57 N 5 5 3 1 N32 3429 N 6 17451 P 11/03-13 10 0 49 51 N 6 1 3732 N 6 20539 P 11/03-14 10 0 50 49 N 7 1 4036 N 7 23627 P 11/03-15 10 0 50 47 N 8 13 4 1 NW31 4339 N 7 26714 P 11/03-16 10 0 50 46 N 8 1 3199 N 7 19344 P 11/03-17 10 0 48 49 N 8 1 2059 NE 6 11973 P 11/03-18 7 0 43 58 NE 8 13 4 1 NW30 919 NE 6 4602 P 11/03-19 7 0 38 70 NE 7 1 695 NE 5 3339 P 11/03-20 7 0 39 69 NE 5 1 471 NE 5 2076 P 11/03-21 7 0 36 75 NE 3 3 4 1 NW29 247 E 3 813 P 11/03-22 7 0 37 73 E 2 1 251 E 3 761 P 11/03-23 7 0 35 81 E 2 1 255 SE 3 708 P 11/04-00 7 0 34 81 E 2 2 5 1 NW28 258 SE 3 655 P 11/04-01 7 0 34 81 SE 2 1 247 SE 2 617 P 11/04-02 7 0 33 83 S 2 1 235 S 2 579 P 11/04-03 7 0 33 83 S 2 2 4 1 NW30 224 S 2 541 P 11/04-04 7 0 34 78 S 2 1 214 S 2 524 P 11/04-05 7 0 34 76 SW 2 1 204 SW 2 506 P 11/04-06 15 1 31 81 SW 2 2 4 1 NW31 195 SW 3 489 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...BAKER WFO BOULDER REQUESTED BY...CRAIG DISPATCH REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101101.INDEP.01/BOU