FNUS75 KBOU 282210 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCK GULCH...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 310 PM MST MON FEB 28 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL COVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30. MAX HUMIDITY........25-35%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 14-24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 32-40 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN 21-32 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2300. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2000. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-59. MIN HUMIDITY........12-20%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 12-18 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN WEST 5-6 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 2800-3800 FT AGL UNTIL 1100...THEN 5400-6400 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 3800 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1500...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1600...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1700...THEN POOR. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. .TUESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....22-29. MAX HUMIDITY........40-50%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-8 MPH UNTIL 2100...THEN SOUTH 5-6 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN WEST 8-13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2600 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60. MIN HUMIDITY........15-20%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 10-16 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12-20 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 24-32 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 6000-7000 FT AGL AFTER 1100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR UNTIL 1000...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1300...THEN EXCELLENT UNTIL 1700...THEN VERY GOOD. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1800...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. COLDER. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0600. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AFTER 0600 UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR BUCK GULCH. +++ 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 02/28-14 17 0 51 9 W 17 28 4 1 W70 8632 W 49 368921 E 02/28-15 17 0 50 11 W 16 1 7931 W 48 332209 E 02/28-16 17 0 49 14 W 15 1 7230 W 47 295497 E 02/28-17 22 0 47 17 SW 15 24 4 1 W68 6529 W 46 258784 E 02/28-18 22 0 44 20 W 16 1 4769 W 41 184070 E 02/28-19 22 0 40 23 W 18 1 3008 W 37 109355 V 02/28-20 22 0 37 26 W 21 33 4 1 W70 1247 W 32 34640 P 02/28-21 22 0 35 28 W 21 1 1116 W 32 31268 P 02/28-22 22 0 33 29 W 21 1 985 W 32 27895 P 02/28-23 22 0 32 30 W 20 31 4 1 W39 854 W 33 24523 P 03/01-00 22 0 32 31 W 20 1 699 W 31 19519 P 03/01-01 22 0 31 31 W 21 1 543 W 30 14514 P 03/01-02 22 0 31 30 W 21 33 5 1 W28 388 W 29 9510 P 03/01-03 22 0 30 29 W 21 1 338 W 26 7884 P 03/01-04 22 0 30 29 W 21 1 288 W 24 6257 P 03/01-05 15 0 30 28 W 20 31 5 1 W53 238 W 22 4631 P 03/01-06 15 0 31 26 W 17 1 396 W 21 6636 P 03/01-07 15 0 33 25 W 15 1 554 W 18 8640 P 03/01-08 15 0 36 23 W 13 21 5 1 W51 712 W 17 10645 P 03/01-09 15 0 41 21 W 10 1 2437 W 20 45712 F 03/01-10 15 0 46 18 SW 8 1 4161 W 21 80780 G 03/01-11 15 0 51 17 SW 7 7 5 1 W43 5886 W 23 115847 V 03/01-12 15 0 53 17 SW 6 1 6278 W 22 118142 V 03/01-13 15 0 54 17 W 5 1 6670 W 21 120436 V 03/01-14 15 0 54 17 W 5 5 4 1 W32 7062 W 20 122731 V 03/01-15 15 0 54 17 W 5 1 5944 W 16 89205 G 03/01-16 15 0 53 18 W 3 1 4826 W 12 55679 F 03/01-17 24 0 42 26 NW 3 3 3 1 W30 3708 W 7 22154 P 03/01-18 24 0 36 33 N 2 1 2612 W 6 15217 P 03/01-19 24 0 33 38 CALM 1 1516 W 5 8281 P 03/01-20 24 0 32 40 CALM 1 2 1 W33 420 W 3 1344 P 03/01-21 24 0 32 40 E 2 1 359 W 5 1358 P 03/01-22 24 0 30 43 S 3 1 299 W 6 1372 P 03/01-23 24 0 29 44 SW 6 6 2 1 W29 238 W 7 1386 P 03/02-00 24 0 28 45 SW 8 1 220 W 8 1537 P 03/02-01 24 0 28 44 W 10 1 202 W 10 1688 P 03/02-02 24 0 27 43 W 12 17 4 1 W25 185 W 12 1839 P 03/02-03 24 0 27 42 W 13 1 178 W 12 1783 P 03/02-04 24 0 26 43 W 13 1 171 W 12 1728 P 03/02-05 12 0 24 46 W 13 20 5 1 W17 164 W 12 1673 P 03/02-06 12 0 24 46 W 13 1 353 W 12 3469 P 03/02-07 12 0 26 45 W 12 1 542 W 12 5265 P 03/02-08 22 0 32 36 W 10 16 5 1 W15 731 W 12 7061 P 03/02-09 22 0 39 28 W 9 1 2467 W 15 40960 F 03/02-10 22 0 46 22 SW 7 1 4203 W 17 74860 G 03/02-11 22 0 51 20 SW 7 7 3 1 SW18 5940 W 21 108759 V 03/02-12 22 0 53 18 SW 8 1 6488 W 24 139761 V 03/02-13 22 0 57 17 W 10 1 7036 W 28 170763 E 03/02-14 22 0 55 18 W 13 20 2 1 W32 7584 W 31 201765 E 03/02-15 22 0 55 18 W 13 1 6903 W 31 184169 E 03/02-16 22 0 51 21 W 14 1 6222 W 31 166573 E 03/02-17 35 6 47 25 W 14 21 2 1 W56 5541 W 31 148977 V 03/02-18 35 6 44 29 W 15 1 4677 W 31 126828 V 03/02-19 35 6 42 33 W 17 1 3813 W 32 104678 V 03/02-20 35 6 41 36 W 18 28 2 1 W56 2949 W 32 82529 G 03/02-21 35 6 41 37 W 20 1 2508 W 31 69280 G 03/02-22 35 6 40 39 W 21 1 2068 W 31 56032 F 03/02-23 35 6 39 41 W 22 33 2 1 W55 1627 W 30 42783 F 03/03-00 35 6 38 42 W 22 1 1580 W 32 44149 F 03/03-01 35 6 38 42 W 23 1 1532 W 35 45514 F 03/03-02 35 6 38 42 W 23 35 3 1 W54 1484 W 37 46880 F 03/03-03 35 6 37 42 W 24 1 1454 W 37 46595 F 03/03-04 35 6 37 42 W 24 1 1425 W 38 46311 F 03/03-05 44 6 35 44 W 24 37 4 1 W47 1396 W 38 46026 F 03/03-06 44 6 35 44 W 23 1 2524 W 36 75119 G 03/03-07 44 6 36 43 W 22 1 3653 W 35 104212 V 03/03-08 44 6 40 37 W 20 29 2 1 W58 4781 W 32 133304 V 03/03-09 44 6 45 32 W 17 1 6165 W 32 172962 E 03/03-10 44 6 49 28 W 15 1 7549 W 32 212619 E 03/03-11 44 10 51 26 W 13 20 2 1 W61 8933 W 32 252277 E 03/03-12 47 10 53 24 W 12 1 9274 W 31 249892 E 03/03-13 53 10 55 23 W 12 1 9615 W 30 247507 E 03/03-14 59 10 54 24 W 10 16 2 1 W58 9956 W 29 245123 E 03/03-15 65 10 53 25 W 10 1 8591 W 26 200972 E 03/03-16 71 10 49 30 W 9 1 7227 W 24 156822 E 03/03-17 74 31 44 36 W 9 14 2 1 W53 5863 W 22 112671 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 INTERAGENCY DISPATCH CENTER REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110228.BUCKG.01/BOU