FNUS75 KBOU 052225 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR SKY ISLAND...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 424 PM MDT FRI NOV 5 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL STAY OVER COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY...THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH. THE FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRETTY LIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE IT INCREASES. THE AIRMASS OVER THE FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN VERY DRY THROUGH MID DAY SUNDAY. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30. MAX HUMIDITY........50-55%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-8 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN WEST 7-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4-8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2100. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68. MIN HUMIDITY........8-14%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 6-11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 5800-6800 FT AGL AFTER 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1400...THEN FAIR. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .SATURDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35. MAX HUMIDITY........55-65%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4-8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2100. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65. MIN HUMIDITY........13-22%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTHWEST 7-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHWEST 9-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1300. 5800-6200 FT AGL AFTER 1500. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300. VERY GOOD AFTER 1500. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 1800. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0600...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. COLDER. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS AROUND 40. WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 17. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .VETERANS DAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 0600...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR SKY ISLAND. +++ 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 11/05-15 3 0 61 18 W 5 5 2 1 N28 9221 NW 12 93252 G 11/05-16 3 0 63 17 W 3 1 8159 NW 10 76372 G 11/05-17 3 0 62 17 W 3 1 7096 NW 9 59492 F 11/05-18 4 0 53 23 W 2 2 2 1 N29 6033 NW 8 42612 F 11/05-19 4 0 47 29 W 2 1 4096 W 7 28682 P 11/05-20 4 0 43 34 W 3 1 2158 W 6 14753 P 11/05-21 4 0 41 37 W 3 3 3 1 N29 221 W 5 823 P 11/05-22 4 0 39 40 W 3 1 215 W 5 862 P 11/05-23 4 0 37 42 W 5 1 209 W 5 901 P 11/06-00 3 0 36 45 W 5 5 4 1 N28 204 W 6 939 P 11/06-01 3 0 35 47 W 6 1 184 W 6 924 P 11/06-02 3 0 34 49 W 6 1 164 W 7 908 P 11/06-03 3 0 33 51 W 7 7 4 1 N22 144 W 7 893 P 11/06-04 3 0 32 53 W 7 1 136 W 8 877 P 11/06-05 3 0 31 54 W 8 1 127 W 8 862 P 11/06-06 4 0 30 56 W 8 13 4 1 N15 119 W 8 847 P 11/06-07 4 0 30 56 W 8 1 146 W 8 1078 P 11/06-08 4 0 33 48 W 9 1 172 W 9 1308 P 11/06-09 4 0 41 36 W 9 15 4 1 NW10 199 W 9 1539 P 11/06-10 4 0 49 26 W 9 1 1983 W 8 11713 P 11/06-11 4 0 56 20 W 9 1 3767 W 7 21887 P 11/06-12 4 0 60 17 NW 9 15 4 1 W 7 5551 W 7 32061 P 11/06-13 4 0 62 15 W 8 1 6049 W 7 38110 P 11/06-14 4 0 64 14 W 8 1 6547 W 8 44158 F 11/06-15 4 0 65 13 W 7 7 4 1 W12 7045 W 8 50207 F 11/06-16 4 0 63 13 SW 6 1 6831 W 8 50079 F 11/06-17 4 0 61 13 SW 6 1 6617 W 9 49952 F 11/06-18 5 0 64 12 S 5 5 4 1 SW17 6403 W 9 49824 F 11/06-19 5 0 52 18 SW 5 1 4321 W 8 33426 P 11/06-20 5 0 45 25 SW 3 1 2238 W 6 17028 P 11/06-21 8 0 42 30 W 3 3 5 1 SW20 156 W 5 631 P 11/06-22 8 0 40 34 W 3 1 143 W 5 595 P 11/06-23 8 0 38 39 W 5 1 132 W 5 584 P 11/07-00 10 0 37 42 W 5 5 5 1 SW18 121 W 6 572 P 11/07-01 10 0 36 47 W 5 1 116 W 6 532 P 11/07-02 10 0 35 51 W 3 1 111 W 5 492 P 11/07-03 11 0 34 54 W 3 3 5 1 SW21 106 W 5 451 P 11/07-04 11 0 33 57 W 3 1 101 W 5 421 P 11/07-05 11 0 33 60 W 3 1 96 W 5 390 P 11/07-06 16 3 31 66 W 3 3 5 1 SW18 91 W 5 360 P 11/07-07 19 3 31 67 W 2 1 95 W 5 332 P 11/07-08 22 3 31 67 CALM 1 98 W 3 305 P 11/07-09 27 3 31 70 CALM 1 5 1 SW20 102 W 3 278 P 11/07-10 27 3 35 60 SW 3 1 296 W 5 1947 P 11/07-11 27 3 40 47 SW 6 1 491 SW 7 3616 P 11/07-12 26 3 45 38 SW 9 14 5 1 S29 686 SW 9 5286 P 11/07-13 25 3 49 31 SW 10 1 2417 SW 12 34171 P 11/07-14 24 3 57 21 SW 12 1 4148 SW 15 63055 G 11/07-15 23 3 60 18 SW 12 16 4 1 SW36 5880 SW 18 91940 G 11/07-16 22 3 62 17 SW 10 1 6057 SW 20 101833 V 11/07-17 21 3 62 17 SW 10 1 6235 SW 21 111727 V 11/07-18 20 4 61 19 SW 9 14 2 1 SW53 6413 SW 22 121620 V 11/07-19 19 4 49 29 W 9 1 4332 SW 18 81643 G 11/07-20 18 4 42 36 W 8 1 2251 W 15 41666 F 11/07-21 17 4 39 40 W 8 8 2 1 W48 170 W 12 1689 P 11/07-22 16 4 37 41 W 8 1 176 W 12 1712 P 11/07-23 15 4 36 43 W 7 1 182 W 12 1735 P 11/08-00 14 0 35 43 W 7 7 2 1 SW32 187 W 10 1757 P 11/08-01 16 0 34 46 W 6 1 191 W 10 1690 P 11/08-02 17 0 33 49 W 6 1 194 W 9 1622 P 11/08-03 19 0 32 52 W 5 5 5 1 SW45 197 W 9 1555 P 11/08-04 20 0 31 56 W 5 1 189 W 8 1415 P 11/08-05 22 0 31 59 W 5 1 182 W 8 1276 P 11/08-06 23 0 29 65 W 5 5 4 1 SW45 174 W 8 1136 P 11/08-07 26 0 29 66 W 6 1 181 W 9 1445 P 11/08-08 28 0 29 65 W 8 1 188 W 10 1753 P 11/08-09 31 0 29 67 W 10 16 4 1 SW45 196 W 13 2061 P 11/08-10 34 0 32 58 W 13 1 756 W 14 11217 P 11/08-11 36 0 37 47 SW 15 1 1317 SW 16 20373 P 11/08-12 39 0 42 39 SW 16 24 4 1 SW52 1877 SW 18 29529 P 11/08-13 42 0 45 33 SW 16 1 3053 SW 20 56255 F 11/08-14 44 0 52 24 SW 16 1 4229 SW 22 82982 G 11/08-15 47 0 55 22 SW 15 23 3 1 SW62 5405 SW 23 109708 V 11/08-16 50 0 57 19 SW 15 1 5707 SW 24 119375 V 11/08-17 52 0 57 19 SW 14 1 6008 SW 24 129041 V 11/08-18 55 16 55 20 SW 13 20 2 1 SW67 6309 SW 25 138707 V 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...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101105.SKYIS.03/BOU