FNUS75 KBOU 080107 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR RFB 16 17 18 20...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 607 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. MOST OF THE MOISTURE WILL STAY WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DECREASE TUESDAY WILL UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....10-15. MAX HUMIDITY........100%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-12 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1600 FT AGL UNTIL 2300...THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY UNTIL 1100...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....26-31. MIN HUMIDITY........60-68%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 7-13 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9-20 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 20-24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900...THEN 3600-4600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. GOOD AFTER 1200. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TUESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(50-60%) UNTIL 2400...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 2000. MIN TEMPERATURE.....12-17. MAX HUMIDITY........70-80%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. WEST WINDS 14-24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 24-28 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN WEST 29-40 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN 1200-2200 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 2000. POOR AFTER 2300. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-44. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. WEST WINDS 15-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 36-48 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3800-4800 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR UNTIL 0700...THEN GOOD UNTIL 0900...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1100...THEN EXCELLENT UNTIL 1600...THEN VERY GOOD. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR RFB 16 17 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 03/07-17 61 70 21 92 SE 8 8 3 1 SW16 1697 S 14 20810 P 03/07-18 90 70 20 90 SE 8 1 1613 S 14 18978 P 03/07-19 90 70 19 89 SE 7 1 1530 S 13 17147 P 03/07-20 90 70 18 90 SE 7 7 2 1 SW15 1447 S 13 15316 P 03/07-21 93 70 17 92 SE 8 1 1233 S 12 12765 P 03/07-22 93 70 16 95 SE 8 1 1018 S 12 10214 P 03/07-23 93 70 16 98 SE 9 9 3 1 SW12 804 S 12 7663 P 03/08-00 93 70 15 99 SE 9 1 657 S 9 5739 P 03/08-01 93 70 15 98 S 8 1 509 S 8 3814 P 03/08-02 93 70 15 98 S 7 7 3 1 SW12 362 S 6 1890 P 03/08-03 93 70 15 97 S 6 1 334 SW 6 1744 P 03/08-04 93 70 15 97 W 6 1 305 W 6 1599 P 03/08-05 93 60 15 97 NW 6 6 3 1 W 6 276 W 6 1454 P 03/08-06 93 60 15 100 NW 7 1 342 NW 8 2684 P 03/08-07 93 60 17 99 NW 8 1 408 NW 10 3914 P 03/08-08 93 60 19 94 NW 9 9 3 1 NW 8 474 NW 13 5144 P 03/08-09 93 60 22 86 NW 9 1 1338 NW 15 20506 P 03/08-10 93 60 25 78 NW 8 1 2202 NW 17 35868 P 03/08-11 89 20 27 72 N 8 8 2 1 NW23 3067 NW 20 51230 F 03/08-12 89 20 29 67 N 8 1 3648 NW 20 63853 G 03/08-13 89 20 30 63 N 8 1 4228 NW 21 76476 G 03/08-14 89 20 31 61 N 9 9 2 1 NW22 4809 NW 22 89099 G 03/08-15 89 20 30 60 NW 9 1 4752 NW 23 94141 G 03/08-16 89 20 30 60 NW 10 1 4694 NW 24 99183 G 03/08-17 53 10 29 60 NW 12 16 2 1 NW31 4637 NW 25 104225 V 03/08-18 53 10 28 59 W 14 1 4052 NW 25 90274 G 03/08-19 53 10 27 59 W 16 1 3467 NW 25 76322 G 03/08-20 53 0 25 59 W 18 25 3 1 N45 2881 NW 25 62371 G 03/08-21 53 0 24 58 W 20 1 2347 NW 25 51566 F 03/08-22 53 0 23 57 W 21 1 1813 W 26 40760 F 03/08-23 34 0 23 56 W 22 35 3 1 NW37 1278 W 26 29955 P 03/09-00 34 0 22 59 W 24 1 1197 W 30 30326 P 03/09-01 34 0 22 62 W 26 1 1116 W 32 30698 P 03/09-02 34 0 22 66 W 29 46 3 1 NW61 1035 W 35 31069 P 03/09-03 34 0 21 68 W 30 1 1059 W 37 33762 P 03/09-04 34 0 22 68 W 30 1 1084 W 39 36456 P 03/09-05 21 0 22 67 W 30 48 2 1 NW75 1108 W 40 39149 P 03/09-06 21 0 22 65 W 30 1 1438 W 41 51338 F 03/09-07 21 0 24 57 W 30 1 1767 W 41 63527 G 03/09-08 21 0 27 50 W 30 48 3 1 NW61 2097 NW 41 75716 G 03/09-09 21 0 30 44 W 29 1 2894 NW 43 108326 V 03/09-10 21 0 33 40 W 28 1 3692 NW 44 140937 V 03/09-11 30 0 36 37 W 26 43 4 1 NW56 4489 NW 45 173547 E 03/09-12 30 0 38 35 W 26 1 4651 NW 44 178215 E 03/09-13 30 0 40 34 W 26 1 4814 NW 44 182882 E 03/09-14 30 0 40 33 W 26 43 4 1 NW64 4976 NW 44 187550 E 03/09-15 30 0 40 34 W 26 1 4508 NW 41 163473 E 03/09-16 30 0 39 36 W 25 1 4041 NW 39 139396 V 03/09-17 21 0 38 38 W 24 39 4 1 NW53 3574 NW 37 115319 V 03/09-18 21 0 37 40 W 22 1 3061 NW 32 90390 G 03/09-19 21 0 35 43 W 18 1 2549 W 28 65461 G 03/09-20 21 0 33 45 W 16 25 4 1 NW43 2037 W 23 40532 F 03/09-21 21 0 32 48 W 15 1 1787 W 22 33805 P 03/09-22 21 0 31 49 W 15 1 1537 W 20 27078 P 03/09-23 14 0 30 50 W 15 24 4 1 NW35 1286 W 18 20351 P 03/10-00 14 0 29 51 W 15 1 1062 W 17 16387 P 03/10-01 14 0 29 51 W 15 1 838 W 16 12422 P 03/10-02 14 0 28 52 W 15 24 2 1 NW43 614 W 16 8458 P 03/10-03 14 0 28 52 W 15 1 596 W 16 8251 P 03/10-04 14 0 28 53 W 16 1 577 W 16 8045 P 03/10-05 21 0 28 54 W 16 25 2 1 NW44 559 W 16 7838 P 03/10-06 21 0 28 56 W 16 1 801 W 18 13942 P 03/10-07 21 0 31 52 W 17 1 1043 W 21 20046 P 03/10-08 21 0 35 48 W 18 30 3 1 NW37 1285 W 23 26150 P 03/10-09 21 0 39 44 W 20 1 1856 W 26 47115 F 03/10-10 21 0 42 40 W 22 1 2428 W 31 68080 G 03/10-11 21 0 46 37 W 23 37 4 1 NW31 3000 W 35 89044 G 03/10-12 21 0 48 35 W 23 1 3559 W 33 102924 V 03/10-13 21 0 50 33 W 22 1 4119 W 33 116803 V 03/10-14 21 0 51 32 W 22 35 4 1 W32 4678 W 32 130683 V 03/10-15 21 0 51 32 W 22 1 4475 W 32 126388 V 03/10-16 21 0 49 33 W 23 1 4273 W 33 122093 V 03/10-17 21 7 48 35 W 23 37 3 1 W43 4071 W 33 117797 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...ED LEBLANC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110308.RFB16.01/BOU