FNUS75 KBOU 271156 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR YANKEE 24...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 500 AM MST MON DEC 27 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE EAST OF THE BURN AREA THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AND A FEW SNOW SHOWERS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TODAY ALONG WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY LEVELS. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 0900...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(40-50%). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1100. MAX TEMPERATURE.....35. MIN HUMIDITY........31%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. WEST WINDS 18-28 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 12-16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 24-32 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN AROUND 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-3400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1600. POOR AFTER 1700. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....15. MAX HUMIDITY........67%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 9-15 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2000 FT AGL UNTIL 2400...THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(35-45%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....34. MIN HUMIDITY........34%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 9-15 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 12 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 17-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 2400-3400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1700...THEN FAIR. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 0600 UNTIL 1200...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 19. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. .THURSDAY...CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. COLDER. LOWS AROUND 10. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. COLDER. LOWS AROUND 4 BELOW. HIGHS AROUND 8. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR YANKEE 24. +++ 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 12/27-04 18 60 24 60 W 30 1 1622 W 40 55948 F 12/27-05 67 30 23 59 W 30 48 2 1 NW29 1665 W 39 55783 F 12/27-06 67 30 23 55 W 30 1 1652 W 37 53201 F 12/27-07 67 30 23 51 W 29 1 1639 W 36 50619 F 12/27-08 67 30 24 45 W 28 44 3 1 NW35 1625 W 35 48037 F 12/27-09 34 20 27 40 W 24 1 2084 W 30 50147 F 12/27-10 34 20 29 37 W 21 1 2542 W 25 52257 F 12/27-11 34 20 31 34 W 17 28 5 1 NW38 3000 W 21 54368 F 12/27-12 48 10 33 32 W 15 1 3296 W 21 59363 F 12/27-13 48 10 34 31 W 14 1 3592 W 21 64359 G 12/27-14 48 10 34 31 W 13 21 4 1 W36 3889 W 21 69355 G 12/27-15 48 10 34 35 W 13 1 3349 W 20 58255 F 12/27-16 48 10 33 41 W 13 1 2809 W 20 47156 F 12/27-17 54 0 29 52 W 13 21 2 1 W38 2269 W 18 36056 P 12/27-18 54 0 26 56 W 13 1 1992 W 17 30523 P 12/27-19 54 0 25 58 W 13 1 1715 W 16 24991 P 12/27-20 54 0 24 58 W 13 21 2 1 W35 1438 W 16 19458 P 12/27-21 54 0 22 58 W 13 1 1264 W 14 16138 P 12/27-22 54 0 21 59 W 12 1 1090 W 13 12818 P 12/27-23 54 0 21 59 W 12 18 2 1 W29 917 W 12 9498 P 12/28-00 54 0 20 60 W 10 1 725 W 12 7271 P 12/28-01 54 0 19 62 W 9 1 532 W 10 5045 P 12/28-02 54 0 18 63 W 9 15 3 1 W23 340 W 9 2818 P 12/28-03 54 0 17 63 W 9 1 303 W 10 2630 P 12/28-04 54 0 17 63 W 10 1 267 W 10 2441 P 12/28-05 40 0 16 64 W 10 16 4 1 NW23 230 W 12 2253 P 12/28-06 40 0 16 65 W 10 1 240 W 10 2250 P 12/28-07 40 0 16 67 W 9 1 251 W 10 2247 P 12/28-08 40 0 18 63 W 9 15 3 1 NW23 261 W 10 2244 P 12/28-09 40 0 24 51 W 8 1 970 W 12 10375 P 12/28-10 40 0 27 45 W 7 1 1513 W 13 16888 P 12/28-11 40 0 29 41 W 7 7 3 1 NW20 2056 W 13 23401 P 12/28-12 40 0 31 38 W 8 1 2775 W 16 44510 F 12/28-13 40 0 33 36 W 9 1 3493 W 21 65619 G 12/28-14 40 0 33 35 W 10 16 3 1 W12 4212 W 24 86728 G 12/28-15 40 0 33 34 W 12 1 3489 W 24 73472 G 12/28-16 40 0 32 35 W 12 1 2766 W 25 60217 G 12/28-17 44 0 29 38 W 13 21 3 1 W16 2043 W 26 46961 F 12/28-18 44 0 28 40 W 14 1 1760 W 26 40733 F 12/28-19 44 0 27 40 W 15 1 1476 W 26 34504 P 12/28-20 44 0 26 41 W 16 25 3 1 W17 1192 W 28 28276 P 12/28-21 44 0 25 41 W 16 1 1175 W 28 28737 P 12/28-22 44 0 24 41 W 16 1 1158 W 29 29198 P 12/28-23 60 0 24 42 W 16 25 3 1 W10 1140 W 30 29660 P 12/29-00 60 0 23 44 W 17 1 1048 W 31 28369 P 12/29-01 60 0 22 47 W 20 1 955 W 33 27079 P 12/29-02 60 0 22 50 W 21 33 3 1 W16 862 W 35 25789 P 12/29-03 60 0 21 53 W 20 1 750 W 32 21328 P 12/29-04 60 0 21 56 W 17 1 637 W 30 16866 P 12/29-05 70 10 21 59 W 16 25 3 1 W24 524 W 28 12404 P 12/29-06 70 10 21 61 W 17 1 501 W 26 11515 P 12/29-07 70 10 21 63 W 18 1 479 W 25 10625 P 12/29-08 70 10 23 60 W 18 30 3 1 NW25 457 W 24 9736 P 12/29-09 70 10 26 54 W 16 1 963 W 23 18135 P 12/29-10 70 10 29 48 W 13 1 1469 W 22 26534 P 12/29-11 70 30 32 44 W 10 16 2 1 W25 1975 W 21 34932 P 12/29-12 70 30 34 41 W 10 1 2732 W 22 53351 F 12/29-13 70 30 35 39 W 12 1 3489 W 23 71770 G 12/29-14 70 30 35 39 W 13 21 2 1 SW31 4246 SW 24 90189 G 12/29-15 70 30 35 39 W 12 1 3842 SW 24 80799 G 12/29-16 70 30 34 41 W 10 1 3438 SW 24 71410 G 12/29-17 90 47 30 47 W 9 15 2 1 SW36 3034 SW 23 62020 G 12/29-18 90 47 28 52 W 9 1 3008 SW 24 62462 G 12/29-19 90 47 27 55 W 9 1 2982 W 24 62903 G 12/29-20 90 47 26 58 W 9 15 2 1 S40 2956 W 24 63345 G 12/29-21 90 47 25 61 W 10 1 2533 W 25 54609 F 12/29-22 90 47 24 63 W 10 1 2110 W 25 45874 F 12/29-23 90 47 23 64 W 10 16 2 1 SW40 1687 W 25 37138 P 12/30-00 90 47 22 66 W 10 1 1695 W 26 38414 P 12/30-01 90 47 21 67 W 9 1 1702 W 26 39689 P 12/30-02 90 47 20 68 W 8 13 3 1 SW33 1710 W 28 40964 F 12/30-03 90 47 20 68 W 7 1 1376 W 28 32848 P 12/30-04 90 47 19 68 SW 7 1 1043 W 28 24732 P 12/30-05 90 54 19 67 SW 6 6 4 1 SW25 710 W 26 16617 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/ENTREKIN REQUESTED BY...ED LEBLANC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101227.YANKE.01/BOU