FNUS75 KBOU 141152 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR LEFTHAND CANYON FIRE...CSFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 552 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES AND LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE STATE TONIGHT WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE LIGHT AND WESTERLY TODAY THEN BECOME MODERATE AND NORTHWESTERLY TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(50-60%) UNTIL 1200...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64. MIN HUMIDITY........16-22%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 6-12 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8-16 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 18-24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN INCREASING TO 8000-8500 FT AGL BY 1400. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. EXCELLENT AFTER 1400. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 2400...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(40-50%). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-34. MAX HUMIDITY........56-64%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 12-18 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 16-24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......8000-8500 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2100. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-58. MIN HUMIDITY........24-30%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 8-14 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTHEAST 6-10 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...RISING TO 9000-9500 FT AGL AFTER 1300. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. EXCELLENT AFTER 1300. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER 1800. WARMER. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 0600...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. COOLER. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0600. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR LEFTHAND CANYON FIRE. +++ 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 03/14-05 15 0 31 47 W 14 1 186 W 13 1946 P 03/14-06 48 0 31 47 W 14 20 5 1 NW15 178 W 13 2030 P 03/14-07 48 0 32 47 W 13 1 228 W 12 2155 P 03/14-08 48 0 33 47 W 10 1 279 W 10 2280 P 03/14-09 51 0 36 45 W 8 8 2 1 SW15 330 W 8 2405 P 03/14-10 51 0 41 39 W 6 1 2010 W 14 37320 P 03/14-11 51 0 47 32 SW 3 1 3690 W 18 72235 G 03/14-12 48 5 52 27 SW 3 3 2 1 W14 5371 W 23 107150 V 03/14-13 48 5 56 24 SW 6 1 6416 W 23 125255 V 03/14-14 48 5 59 21 W 10 1 7461 W 22 143360 V 03/14-15 62 5 60 20 W 13 17 2 1 W17 8506 W 22 161465 E 03/14-16 62 5 60 19 W 12 1 8653 W 22 161289 E 03/14-17 62 5 60 20 W 10 1 8799 W 21 161114 E 03/14-18 77 21 58 21 W 8 8 3 1 W20 8946 W 21 160938 E 03/14-19 77 21 56 25 W 8 1 7244 W 18 122421 V 03/14-20 77 21 52 31 W 8 1 5541 W 16 83903 G 03/14-21 77 21 48 38 W 9 9 3 1 W35 3839 W 14 45386 F 03/14-22 77 21 45 44 W 12 1 3035 W 18 41593 F 03/14-23 77 21 43 49 W 14 1 2230 W 23 37800 P 03/15-00 50 21 42 53 W 15 21 3 1 W26 1425 W 28 34008 P 03/15-01 50 21 40 56 W 15 1 1140 W 25 26229 P 03/15-02 50 21 38 58 W 15 1 855 W 23 18451 P 03/15-03 36 21 37 58 W 15 21 3 1 W16 570 W 22 10673 P 03/15-04 36 21 36 59 W 16 1 512 W 22 9494 P 03/15-05 36 21 35 58 W 16 1 453 W 21 8314 P 03/15-06 40 0 35 57 NW 15 21 4 1 NW21 395 W 21 7135 P 03/15-07 40 0 35 55 NW 13 1 551 NW 15 5417 P 03/15-08 40 0 36 53 NE 8 1 706 NW 9 3699 P 03/15-09 40 0 38 49 E 3 3 3 1 NW25 862 N 2 1982 P 03/15-10 40 0 42 42 E 3 1 2480 NW 6 23835 P 03/15-11 40 0 46 35 S 6 1 4099 W 10 45688 F 03/15-12 30 0 51 30 S 7 7 2 1 W24 5717 W 14 67541 G 03/15-13 30 0 53 27 S 6 1 6984 W 16 100322 V 03/15-14 30 0 55 26 SE 3 1 8251 W 18 133102 V 03/15-15 30 0 56 26 SE 2 2 2 1 W31 9518 W 20 165882 E 03/15-16 30 0 56 26 CALM 1 9455 W 20 161856 E 03/15-17 30 0 55 27 CALM 1 9391 W 20 157829 E 03/15-18 40 0 55 28 S 2 2 2 1 W33 9328 SW 18 153803 E 03/15-19 40 0 52 31 S 3 1 7420 W 21 127459 V 03/15-20 40 0 49 35 SW 6 1 5512 W 22 101115 V 03/15-21 40 0 46 38 W 8 13 2 1 W33 3604 W 24 74770 G 03/15-22 40 0 44 40 W 9 1 2561 W 24 53243 F 03/15-23 40 0 42 42 W 12 1 1518 W 24 31715 P 03/16-00 40 0 41 44 W 13 21 2 1 NW20 474 W 24 10187 P 03/16-01 40 0 40 45 W 15 1 416 W 25 9176 P 03/16-02 40 0 39 46 W 17 1 358 W 26 8164 P 03/16-03 40 0 38 47 W 18 30 4 1 W 9 300 W 28 7153 P 03/16-04 40 0 37 49 W 17 1 274 W 25 6080 P 03/16-05 40 0 37 50 W 16 1 249 W 23 5008 P 03/16-06 40 7 37 49 W 15 24 4 1 W21 224 W 21 3936 P 03/16-07 35 7 38 47 W 16 1 313 W 22 6162 P 03/16-08 35 7 39 44 W 17 1 402 W 23 8387 P 03/16-09 35 7 42 39 W 18 30 3 1 W31 491 W 25 10612 P 03/16-10 35 7 47 32 W 18 1 2207 W 29 68426 G 03/16-11 35 7 53 25 W 17 1 3923 W 33 126240 V 03/16-12 35 5 59 20 W 17 28 2 1 W37 5640 W 38 184053 E 03/16-13 45 5 62 18 W 18 1 6762 W 39 236547 E 03/16-14 45 5 65 16 W 20 1 7883 W 41 289040 E 03/16-15 45 5 66 15 W 21 33 2 1 W52 9005 W 44 341533 E 03/16-16 45 5 66 15 W 21 1 8638 W 44 326230 E 03/16-17 45 5 66 16 W 20 1 8270 W 44 310926 E 03/16-18 45 20 65 16 W 18 30 2 1 W46 7903 W 43 295622 E 03/16-19 55 20 61 18 W 18 1 6528 W 44 247593 E 03/16-20 55 20 57 22 W 18 1 5153 W 45 199563 E 03/16-21 55 20 53 26 W 18 30 2 1 W44 3779 W 46 151534 E 03/16-22 55 20 50 29 W 18 1 3029 W 45 119944 V 03/16-23 55 20 48 32 W 17 1 2279 W 44 88354 G 03/17-00 55 20 46 35 W 16 25 3 1 SW60 1529 W 43 56764 F 03/17-01 60 20 45 38 W 15 1 1977 W 37 57779 F 03/17-02 60 20 43 41 W 13 1 2426 W 30 58794 F 03/17-03 60 20 43 44 W 10 17 2 1 W51 2874 W 24 59808 F 03/17-04 60 20 42 48 W 9 1 3311 W 23 67290 G 03/17-05 60 20 41 50 W 7 1 3748 W 23 74771 G 03/17-06 60 30 41 52 W 6 6 2 1 W58 4185 W 23 82252 G 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 $$ DANKERS...WFO BOULDER REQUESTED BY...ERIC GETTENBERG REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110313.LEFTH.02/BOU