FNUS75 KBOU 050021 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR FARMER S UNION...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 521 PM MST FRI MAR 4 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER TROUGH OVERHEAD WILL CONTINUE DROPPING SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING...WITH DRYER SUBSIDENT AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE TROUGH. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...THEN IT WILL BE DRY. NORTHWEST WINDS EARLY EVENING WILL GIVE WAY TO DIURNAL DRAINAGE WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 2400. MIN TEMPERATURE.....16. MAX HUMIDITY........60%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 12-20 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN DOWNSLOPE 6-12 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20-24 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN WEST 8-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5400-6400 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER 0200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2300. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....43. MIN HUMIDITY........20%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 11-17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16-24 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 33-44 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-2800 FT AGL UNTIL 0900. 7400-8400 FT AGL AFTER 1100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...THEN FAIR UNTIL 0900...THEN GOOD UNTIL 1000...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN EXCELLENT. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .SATURDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....21. MAX HUMIDITY........57%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 10-16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 32-40 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN 20-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000-5800 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER 0400. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 0100. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 1700. MAX TEMPERATURE.....41. MIN HUMIDITY........38%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 7-13 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16-24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2600 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 6400-7400 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900. EXCELLENT AFTER 1300. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR FARMER S UNION. +++ 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 03/04-17 32 20 27 56 NW 18 25 2 1 W17 7159 NW 26 165541 E 03/04-18 34 20 25 57 NW 20 1 6321 NW 25 140622 V 03/04-19 34 20 23 59 NW 18 1 5483 NW 24 115702 V 03/04-20 34 20 22 60 NW 17 24 2 1 NW22 4645 NW 23 90783 G 03/04-21 17 10 20 60 NW 16 1 3832 NW 21 72530 G 03/04-22 17 10 19 60 W 14 1 3020 NW 20 54277 F 03/04-23 17 10 18 58 W 13 17 2 1 N44 2207 NW 18 36023 P 03/05-00 40 0 18 57 W 12 1 1751 NW 16 26496 P 03/05-01 40 0 17 56 W 12 1 1295 NW 13 16970 P 03/05-02 40 0 17 55 W 12 16 2 1 NW32 839 NW 10 7443 P 03/05-03 40 0 16 53 W 12 1 757 W 10 6607 P 03/05-04 40 0 16 52 W 10 1 675 W 9 5771 P 03/05-05 29 0 17 51 W 10 10 3 1 NW35 594 W 9 4935 P 03/05-06 29 0 17 51 W 10 1 1406 W 13 19278 P 03/05-07 29 0 20 45 W 10 1 2219 W 15 33620 P 03/05-08 29 0 24 39 W 10 10 3 1 NW43 3031 W 18 47963 F 03/05-09 29 0 28 32 W 9 1 4545 W 22 97751 G 03/05-10 29 0 32 28 W 9 1 6058 W 26 147539 V 03/05-11 37 0 36 24 W 9 9 2 1 NW45 7572 W 30 197327 E 03/05-12 37 0 39 22 W 12 1 8194 W 32 235687 E 03/05-13 37 0 41 21 W 15 1 8815 W 36 274048 E 03/05-14 37 0 42 20 W 17 24 2 1 NW44 9437 W 38 312408 E 03/05-15 37 0 41 21 W 16 1 8526 W 39 291399 E 03/05-16 37 0 40 22 W 14 1 7615 W 41 270390 E 03/05-17 62 0 38 25 W 12 16 2 1 NW44 6705 W 43 249381 E 03/05-18 62 0 36 28 W 10 1 5884 W 41 213844 E 03/05-19 62 0 33 31 SW 9 1 5064 W 40 178307 E 03/05-20 62 0 30 36 SW 9 9 2 1 NW32 4243 W 39 142770 V 03/05-21 62 0 28 40 SW 9 1 3537 W 37 115049 V 03/05-22 62 0 26 43 SW 10 1 2830 W 35 87328 G 03/05-23 67 0 25 46 SW 12 18 2 1 NW22 2124 W 32 59607 F 03/06-00 67 0 24 49 W 13 1 1754 W 30 47485 F 03/06-01 67 0 23 51 W 14 1 1384 W 29 35363 P 03/06-02 67 0 23 52 W 15 24 2 1 NW35 1014 W 26 23241 P 03/06-03 67 0 22 54 W 15 1 925 W 24 19448 P 03/06-04 67 0 22 54 W 14 1 837 W 21 15654 P 03/06-05 67 0 23 55 W 13 21 2 1 NW28 748 W 18 11861 P 03/06-06 67 0 23 57 W 12 1 1098 W 16 14947 P 03/06-07 67 0 24 57 W 10 1 1449 W 15 18032 P 03/06-08 67 0 27 54 W 9 9 2 1 W17 1799 W 14 21118 P 03/06-09 67 0 30 50 W 7 1 3208 W 15 46657 F 03/06-10 67 0 33 47 SW 6 1 4616 W 17 72197 G 03/06-11 85 0 36 44 SW 5 5 2 1 W28 6024 W 18 97736 G 03/06-12 85 0 38 41 SW 6 1 6600 W 22 125358 V 03/06-13 85 0 40 39 SW 7 1 7176 W 24 152981 E 03/06-14 85 0 40 38 W 8 8 2 1 W44 7751 W 26 180603 E 03/06-15 85 0 40 38 W 8 1 7260 W 28 175764 E 03/06-16 85 0 39 39 W 8 1 6769 W 29 170925 E 03/06-17 80 10 37 43 W 8 8 2 1 W47 6278 W 30 166086 E 03/06-18 80 10 35 48 W 8 1 5782 W 29 145270 V 03/06-19 80 10 33 54 W 8 1 5286 W 26 124454 V 03/06-20 80 10 31 62 W 8 8 2 1 NW30 4790 W 25 103639 V 03/06-21 80 10 29 69 W 8 1 4272 W 23 87567 G 03/06-22 80 10 28 75 W 9 1 3754 W 22 71495 G 03/06-23 80 10 27 79 W 9 9 2 1 W32 3236 W 20 55423 F 03/07-00 80 10 26 81 W 9 1 2728 W 18 45168 F 03/07-01 80 10 25 80 W 10 1 2220 W 17 34912 P 03/07-02 80 10 25 79 W 10 10 2 1 W28 1712 W 16 24656 P 03/07-03 80 10 24 76 W 10 1 1699 W 13 19388 P 03/07-04 80 10 24 73 W 10 1 1685 W 9 14119 P 03/07-05 77 20 25 70 W 9 9 2 1 W21 1672 NW 6 8851 P 03/07-06 77 20 25 68 NW 8 1 2593 W 7 15885 P 03/07-07 77 20 26 66 NE 8 1 3514 SW 7 22919 P 03/07-08 77 20 28 61 E 7 7 2 1 SW24 4435 SW 8 29953 P 03/07-09 77 20 30 56 E 6 1 4821 SW 12 48466 F 03/07-10 77 20 32 52 E 6 1 5207 SW 14 66980 G 03/07-11 91 30 34 49 E 6 6 2 1 W39 5593 SW 17 85494 G 03/07-12 91 30 36 48 E 7 1 5906 SW 21 109709 V 03/07-13 91 30 37 47 E 7 1 6219 S 24 133925 V 03/07-14 91 30 37 48 E 8 8 2 1 SW38 6531 S 28 158141 E 03/07-15 91 30 37 50 E 8 1 6110 S 28 146262 V 03/07-16 91 30 36 54 E 8 1 5689 S 28 134382 V 03/07-17 97 50 35 59 E 8 8 2 1 SW35 5268 S 26 122502 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...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110304.FARME.02/BOU