FNUS75 KBOU 101313 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN RIDGE PILES...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 610 AM MST THU FEB 10 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LINGER OVER THE BURN AREA THIS MORNING...WITH PARTIAL CLEARING LATER IN THE DAY. STRONG LOW LEVEL INVERSIONS WILL KEEP SMOKE DISPERSAL POOR TODAY. GIVEN YOUR REMARKS ABOUT SURFACE WINDS...WOULD EXPECT A SIMILAR NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 1600...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....15. MIN HUMIDITY........51%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4-12 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN AROUND 16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...THEN 1800-2800 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....2. MAX HUMIDITY........85%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-7 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....24. MIN HUMIDITY........51%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-5 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2600-3600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100...THEN FAIR. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 8. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 12. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 14. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR GREEN RIDGE 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 02/10-05 71 10 -6 72 CALM 1 2 1 W31 642 SW 5 2340 P 02/10-06 71 10 -6 72 CALM 1 747 W 6 3617 P 02/10-07 71 10 -5 73 CALM 1 852 W 7 4893 P 02/10-08 71 10 -5 75 CALM 1 2 1 NW38 957 W 7 6169 P 02/10-09 71 10 0 67 SE 3 1 1421 W 9 13609 P 02/10-10 71 10 4 63 SW 7 1 1886 W 12 21049 P 02/10-11 77 10 8 58 W 9 16 2 1 NW40 2350 W 14 28488 P 02/10-12 77 10 11 54 W 10 1 2552 W 15 32745 P 02/10-13 77 10 13 51 W 9 1 2754 W 15 37001 P 02/10-14 77 10 14 51 W 9 16 2 1 N43 2956 W 16 41258 F 02/10-15 77 10 14 53 W 9 1 2686 W 16 36747 P 02/10-16 77 10 13 56 W 8 1 2417 W 15 32236 P 02/10-17 50 7 12 60 W 8 15 2 1 NW43 2147 W 15 27725 P 02/10-18 50 7 10 62 W 7 1 1936 W 14 23706 P 02/10-19 50 7 9 62 W 7 1 1726 W 13 19686 P 02/10-20 50 7 7 62 W 6 6 2 1 NW44 1515 W 12 15666 P 02/10-21 50 7 6 63 W 6 1 1360 W 12 13723 P 02/10-22 50 7 5 64 W 6 1 1205 W 12 11780 P 02/10-23 50 7 4 65 W 6 6 2 1 NW38 1050 W 10 9837 P 02/11-00 50 7 4 67 W 6 1 1041 W 10 9679 P 02/11-01 50 7 3 69 W 6 1 1032 W 10 9521 P 02/11-02 50 7 3 72 W 6 6 2 1 NW37 1023 W 10 9363 P 02/11-03 50 7 2 75 W 6 1 1047 W 10 9442 P 02/11-04 50 7 2 78 W 6 1 1071 W 10 9521 P 02/11-05 46 3 2 81 W 6 6 2 1 N49 1094 W 10 9601 P 02/11-06 46 3 3 85 W 6 1 1305 W 10 12144 P 02/11-07 46 3 4 84 SW 5 1 1515 W 12 14686 P 02/11-08 46 3 7 78 SW 3 3 2 1 NW59 1726 W 12 17229 P 02/11-09 46 3 10 76 SW 5 1 2130 W 12 23937 P 02/11-10 46 3 15 64 SW 7 1 2720 W 14 34695 P 02/11-11 32 0 19 57 SW 8 13 2 1 N45 3310 W 16 45453 F 02/11-12 32 0 21 53 SW 9 1 3422 W 15 45915 F 02/11-13 32 0 23 51 W 9 1 3534 W 15 46377 F 02/11-14 32 0 24 51 W 9 15 2 1 NW43 3647 W 15 46839 F 02/11-15 32 0 23 52 W 9 1 3482 W 16 48015 F 02/11-16 32 0 23 53 W 9 1 3318 W 17 49192 F 02/11-17 40 0 21 55 W 8 13 2 1 NW33 3153 W 18 50368 F 02/11-18 40 0 20 57 W 7 1 2640 W 17 40370 F 02/11-19 40 0 18 60 W 7 1 2126 W 16 30372 P 02/11-20 40 0 17 61 W 6 6 2 1 NW40 1612 W 15 20374 P 02/11-21 40 0 16 62 W 6 1 1422 W 14 17097 P 02/11-22 40 0 14 62 W 5 1 1232 W 13 13820 P 02/11-23 40 0 13 62 W 5 5 2 1 NW45 1042 W 12 10543 P 02/12-00 40 0 12 62 W 5 1 966 W 12 9569 P 02/12-01 40 0 11 61 W 5 1 889 W 12 8595 P 02/12-02 40 0 10 61 W 5 5 2 1 NW35 813 W 10 7621 P 02/12-03 40 0 10 60 W 3 1 820 W 10 7104 P 02/12-04 40 0 10 60 NW 2 1 827 W 9 6587 P 02/12-05 30 0 10 61 CALM 1 2 1 NW37 834 W 8 6071 P 02/12-06 30 0 10 65 CALM 1 844 W 8 5671 P 02/12-07 30 0 10 71 CALM 1 854 W 7 5271 P 02/12-08 30 0 11 75 CALM 1 2 1 NW46 864 W 7 4870 P 02/12-09 30 0 15 70 S 3 1 1271 W 12 16335 P 02/12-10 30 0 20 61 SW 6 1 1677 W 16 27800 P 02/12-11 12 0 25 55 W 8 13 2 1 NW46 2084 W 22 39265 P 02/12-12 12 0 27 51 W 10 1 2505 W 25 57894 F 02/12-13 12 0 29 49 W 12 1 2927 W 29 76523 G 02/12-14 12 0 30 48 W 13 21 2 1 NW37 3348 W 32 95153 G 02/12-15 12 0 30 48 W 14 1 3009 W 31 81114 G 02/12-16 12 0 29 49 W 14 1 2670 W 29 67076 G 02/12-17 18 1 28 50 W 14 22 2 1 NW58 2332 W 26 53037 F 02/12-18 18 1 27 51 W 14 1 1982 W 23 41738 F 02/12-19 18 1 25 52 W 13 1 1633 W 21 30439 P 02/12-20 18 1 23 54 W 12 18 3 1 NW61 1284 W 17 19140 P 02/12-21 18 1 22 54 W 10 1 1174 W 16 16565 P 02/12-22 18 1 21 53 W 9 1 1064 W 15 13989 P 02/12-23 18 1 19 54 W 9 15 3 1 NW41 954 W 14 11414 P 02/13-00 20 1 18 57 W 9 1 860 W 13 9800 P 02/13-01 22 1 17 60 W 9 1 767 W 12 8187 P 02/13-02 24 1 16 64 W 10 16 4 1 NW39 673 W 12 6573 P 02/13-03 25 1 16 69 W 10 1 646 W 12 6481 P 02/13-04 27 1 15 73 W 12 1 619 W 12 6389 P 02/13-05 29 5 15 76 W 13 21 4 1 NW55 593 W 13 6297 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/SWE REQUESTED BY...PAUL MINTIER REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110210.GREEN.01/BOU