FNUS75 KBOU 071201 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR RFB 16 18 20...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 501 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EASTWARD TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW AND COLD AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND COME TO AN END LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5-8 INCHES IS EXPECT BY TUESDAY EVENING. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 1200. MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-40. MIN HUMIDITY........25-32%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. WEST WINDS 5-15 MPH INCREASING TO 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 28-36 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN WEST 37-48 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2600 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 3800-4600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1000...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN EXCELLENT UNTIL 1700...THEN VERY GOOD. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 2300...THEN SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....-3 TO 2. MAX HUMIDITY........100%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. WEST WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 UNTIL 2400...THEN NORTHEAST 11-21 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 24-32 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN NORTH 8-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3200 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN 1000-1600 FT AGL UNTIL 2300...THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0500...THEN 1000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2300. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW...DECREASING AND COMING TO AN END IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....1 TO 6. MIN HUMIDITY........65 TO 75 %. 20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 7-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR RFB 16 18 20. +++ 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 02/07-04 40 4 12 58 W 15 1 905 W 20 16752 P 02/07-05 63 4 15 53 W 16 23 2 1 NW73 1178 W 22 22702 P 02/07-06 63 4 16 47 W 20 1 1121 W 25 23930 P 02/07-07 63 4 15 47 W 23 1 1065 W 28 25159 P 02/07-08 63 4 17 42 W 24 33 2 1 NW66 1009 W 30 26387 P 02/07-09 63 4 30 26 W 23 1 2044 W 33 65566 G 02/07-10 63 4 32 27 W 22 1 3080 NW 37 104745 V 02/07-11 73 11 35 25 W 22 31 2 1 NW44 4115 NW 40 143924 V 02/07-12 73 11 35 28 W 23 1 4269 NW 41 154767 E 02/07-13 73 11 37 28 W 26 1 4423 W 43 165610 E 02/07-14 73 11 36 31 W 28 39 3 1 NW51 4577 W 45 176453 E 02/07-15 73 11 34 34 W 28 1 4320 W 43 161841 E 02/07-16 73 11 33 35 W 26 1 4063 W 41 147229 V 02/07-17 90 44 32 37 W 25 36 3 1 NW58 3806 W 40 132617 V 02/07-18 90 44 30 38 W 23 1 3250 W 36 105881 V 02/07-19 90 44 29 41 W 22 1 2694 W 32 79146 G 02/07-20 90 44 26 46 W 21 29 3 1 W51 2138 W 29 52410 F 02/07-21 90 44 22 55 W 22 1 1535 W 25 36837 P 02/07-22 90 44 19 63 W 23 1 931 W 23 21264 P 02/07-23 100 100 18 69 W 23 32 3 1 W20 328 W 20 5691 P 02/08-00 100 100 16 70 NW 21 1 330 NW 16 4452 P 02/08-01 100 100 15 72 N 16 1 332 N 12 3214 P 02/08-02 100 100 13 76 N 13 13 3 1 SW15 334 N 7 1976 P 02/08-03 100 100 11 82 N 10 1 543 N 9 5202 P 02/08-04 100 100 9 88 NE 10 1 751 NE 12 8428 P 02/08-05 100 90 7 92 NE 12 18 2 1 SW21 960 NE 14 11655 P 02/08-06 100 90 7 89 NE 10 1 1391 NE 12 12331 P 02/08-07 100 90 6 85 NE 10 1 1822 E 9 13007 P 02/08-08 100 90 6 80 NE 9 15 2 1 SW17 2253 E 7 13683 P 02/08-09 100 90 6 78 NE 8 1 2340 N 8 16395 P 02/08-10 100 90 6 76 E 8 1 2453 N 10 22357 P 02/08-11 100 80 6 74 E 7 7 2 1 SW20 2567 N 13 28319 P 02/08-12 100 80 6 73 E 7 1 2603 NE 12 26754 P 02/08-13 100 80 6 72 E 7 1 2638 NE 12 25188 P 02/08-14 98 80 6 71 E 7 7 2 1 SW 9 2673 NE 10 23622 P 02/08-15 98 80 6 70 E 7 1 2659 NE 10 23164 P 02/08-16 98 80 5 70 E 7 1 2644 NE 10 22706 P 02/08-17 94 45 4 71 E 7 7 2 1 NW 9 2630 NE 9 22248 P 02/08-18 94 45 3 73 E 6 1 2397 NE 9 18429 P 02/08-19 94 45 1 76 SE 6 1 2164 NE 8 14610 P 02/08-20 92 45 0 80 SE 5 5 2 1 NW12 1931 NE 7 10790 P 02/08-21 92 45 -2 84 SE 5 1 1649 NE 5 7750 P 02/08-22 92 45 -4 86 S 5 1 1368 NE 3 4710 P 02/08-23 77 10 -5 87 S 5 5 2 1 NW17 1087 NE 2 1671 P 02/09-00 77 10 -5 88 S 6 1 912 N 2 1427 P 02/09-01 77 10 -6 89 SW 6 1 737 NW 2 1184 P 02/09-02 65 10 -7 90 SW 7 7 2 1 W26 562 W 2 941 P 02/09-03 65 10 -7 89 SW 8 1 520 W 3 1538 P 02/09-04 65 10 -7 87 W 9 1 477 W 6 2135 P 02/09-05 55 4 -6 81 W 9 15 2 1 NW26 435 W 7 2732 P 02/09-06 55 4 -3 73 W 9 1 1079 W 8 7970 P 02/09-07 55 4 0 65 W 8 1 1724 NW 8 13208 P 02/09-08 55 4 4 58 W 7 7 2 1 N26 2368 NW 9 18446 P 02/09-09 55 4 7 51 W 7 1 3052 NW 10 27932 P 02/09-10 55 4 10 45 W 6 1 3736 NW 12 37418 P 02/09-11 36 4 13 43 W 6 6 2 1 N28 4420 NW 13 46904 F 02/09-12 36 4 13 43 W 6 1 3920 NW 12 40435 F 02/09-13 36 4 13 43 W 6 1 3420 NW 12 33965 P 02/09-14 36 4 14 43 W 6 6 4 1 NW29 2920 NW 10 27496 P 02/09-15 36 4 13 45 W 6 1 2280 NW 14 23699 P 02/09-16 36 4 12 47 W 6 1 1639 W 16 19901 P 02/09-17 50 4 9 54 W 6 6 4 1 NW37 998 W 18 16103 P 02/09-18 50 4 10 51 W 7 1 938 W 20 16088 P 02/09-19 50 4 9 52 W 9 1 879 W 21 16072 P 02/09-20 50 4 8 53 W 12 18 3 1 NW28 819 W 23 16057 P 02/09-21 50 4 7 52 W 13 1 760 W 22 14801 P 02/09-22 50 4 7 51 W 13 1 700 W 22 13546 P 02/09-23 39 4 7 50 W 13 21 2 1 NW15 641 W 22 12291 P 02/10-00 39 4 7 49 W 14 1 644 W 23 12567 P 02/10-01 39 4 7 50 W 14 1 647 W 23 12842 P 02/10-02 39 4 7 50 W 15 24 2 1 NW16 650 W 23 13118 P 02/10-03 39 4 7 50 W 16 1 602 W 23 11959 P 02/10-04 39 4 7 51 W 16 1 554 W 22 10801 P 02/10-05 49 7 7 53 W 16 25 2 1 N29 505 W 22 9642 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...ED LEBLANC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110207.RFB16.01/BOU