FNUS75 KBOU 142228 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR LEFTHAND CANYON FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 425 PM MDT MON MAR 14 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE AREA TONIGHT WITH CLOUDS BUT JUST ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. THE DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO RESULT IN GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT TIMES TONIGHT...DIMINISHING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE GUSTS WILL RANGE IN THE 18 TO 30 MPH RANGE. THE PEAK GUSTS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 0500 LOCAL TIME TUESDAY MORNING. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....51. MIN HUMIDITY........15-21%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 9-13 MPH. GUSTS TO 22 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......8600-8800 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 0200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(35-45%). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 0200. MIN TEMPERATURE.....33. MAX HUMIDITY........62%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10-18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ON RIDGETOPS AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 17-28 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3800-4800 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2100. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....51. MIN HUMIDITY........24%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5-10 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTH 5-12 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 6000-7000 FT AGL AFTER 1100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100. GOOD AFTER 1500. HAINES INDEX........4 LOW. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. 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 AFTER 0600 UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 0600. COOLER. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 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 03/14-16 63 5 58 19 W 12 1 8653 W 22 161289 E 03/14-17 63 5 57 20 W 10 1 8799 W 21 161114 E 03/14-18 80 10 55 25 W 15 24 4 1 W13 4966 W 28 118093 V 03/14-19 80 10 47 35 W 14 1 3559 W 26 83920 G 03/14-20 80 10 46 38 W 14 1 2153 W 25 49746 F 03/14-21 80 10 42 44 W 13 21 3 1 S10 746 W 24 15573 P 03/14-22 80 10 38 51 W 12 1 624 W 22 12499 P 03/14-23 80 10 39 52 W 12 1 502 W 21 9425 P 03/15-00 41 5 38 53 W 12 18 3 1 W15 380 W 20 6351 P 03/15-01 41 5 38 54 W 14 1 356 W 21 6268 P 03/15-02 41 5 35 58 W 17 1 332 W 22 6185 P 03/15-03 41 5 34 61 W 18 30 3 1 NW 8 308 W 23 6102 P 03/15-04 41 5 33 62 W 16 1 299 W 18 4968 P 03/15-05 41 5 33 62 W 13 1 291 W 15 3833 P 03/15-06 40 0 33 61 NW 9 15 4 1 NW25 282 NW 12 2699 P 03/15-07 40 0 33 60 W 6 1 736 W 8 3209 P 03/15-08 40 0 33 56 SW 3 1 1191 W 6 3719 P 03/15-09 40 0 41 41 S 2 2 3 1 NW24 1645 W 3 4230 P 03/15-10 40 0 45 34 S 3 1 2998 W 6 20462 P 03/15-11 40 0 49 29 S 6 1 4352 W 8 36695 P 03/15-12 30 0 50 28 S 8 13 3 1 W17 5706 W 10 52927 F 03/15-13 30 0 53 25 S 8 1 6267 W 12 66461 G 03/15-14 30 0 55 24 S 8 1 6829 W 14 79996 G 03/15-15 30 0 56 24 S 7 7 3 1 W25 7390 W 15 93530 G 03/15-16 30 0 57 24 S 5 1 7012 W 16 97820 G 03/15-17 30 0 56 25 E 2 1 6634 SW 18 102109 V 03/15-18 59 0 54 30 CALM 1 4 1 W24 5469 SW 18 88866 G 03/15-19 59 0 47 40 NE 3 1 3871 W 20 63619 G 03/15-20 59 0 46 43 NW 7 1 2272 W 21 38373 P 03/15-21 59 0 43 49 W 12 12 2 1 W25 673 W 22 13126 P 03/15-22 59 0 40 55 W 13 1 567 W 24 11537 P 03/15-23 59 0 40 53 W 14 1 460 W 25 9947 P 03/16-00 31 0 39 54 W 15 24 3 1 N 5 353 W 28 8358 P 03/16-01 31 0 39 53 W 18 1 307 W 28 7334 P 03/16-02 31 0 37 56 W 21 1 262 W 28 6309 P 03/16-03 31 0 36 59 W 23 37 4 1 W14 216 W 28 5284 P 03/16-04 31 0 35 61 W 22 1 209 W 26 4762 P 03/16-05 31 0 35 63 W 20 1 203 W 24 4239 P 03/16-06 42 0 35 65 W 17 28 4 1 W13 196 W 22 3716 P 03/16-07 42 0 35 66 W 17 1 336 W 25 8318 P 03/16-08 42 0 36 63 W 17 1 477 W 29 12919 P 03/16-09 42 0 45 43 W 18 30 4 1 W14 618 W 32 17521 P 03/16-10 42 0 51 33 W 18 1 2238 W 30 52901 F 03/16-11 42 0 56 27 W 20 1 3859 W 28 88281 G 03/16-12 70 2 60 22 W 20 31 3 1 SW14 5480 W 26 123661 V 03/16-13 70 2 62 19 W 21 1 6296 W 31 174360 E 03/16-14 70 2 64 16 W 22 1 7112 W 36 225060 E 03/16-15 70 2 65 14 W 22 35 2 1 SW29 7928 W 40 275759 E 03/16-16 70 2 67 13 W 21 1 7780 W 40 274316 E 03/16-17 70 2 65 15 W 20 1 7633 W 41 272873 E 03/16-18 79 9 61 19 W 17 28 2 1 W43 7485 W 41 271429 E 03/16-19 79 9 51 27 W 16 1 5774 W 37 199530 E 03/16-20 79 9 50 29 W 14 1 4062 W 32 127630 V 03/16-21 79 9 46 34 W 13 13 2 1 W53 2351 W 28 55731 F 03/16-22 79 9 41 42 W 12 1 1704 W 24 39086 P 03/16-23 79 9 41 43 W 10 1 1058 W 20 22442 P 03/17-00 79 9 41 46 W 10 10 2 1 W52 411 W 16 5798 P 03/17-01 79 9 40 48 W 10 1 333 W 17 4765 P 03/17-02 79 9 37 54 W 12 1 255 W 17 3733 P 03/17-03 79 9 36 58 W 13 13 2 1 W44 176 W 17 2701 P 03/17-04 79 9 35 60 W 14 1 192 W 21 3478 P 03/17-05 79 9 34 63 W 15 1 208 W 23 4256 P 03/17-06 77 18 34 62 W 16 25 3 1 W61 223 W 26 5034 P 03/17-07 77 18 34 63 W 16 1 555 W 31 17941 P 03/17-08 77 18 35 60 W 16 1 886 W 36 30848 P 03/17-09 77 18 44 42 W 15 24 2 1 W63 1217 W 41 43755 F 03/17-10 77 18 49 33 W 13 1 3043 W 43 114718 V 03/17-11 77 18 54 27 SW 12 1 4869 W 44 185681 E 03/17-12 77 18 58 24 SW 17 28 2 1 W61 6696 SW 44 256644 E 03/17-13 77 18 59 23 SW 15 1 7511 SW 44 280670 E 03/17-14 77 18 61 23 SW 13 1 8326 SW 43 304695 E 03/17-15 77 18 62 23 W 12 12 2 1 SW47 9141 SW 41 328720 E 03/17-16 77 18 63 21 W 9 1 9457 SW 39 320796 E 03/17-17 77 18 62 20 W 8 1 9774 SW 37 312873 E 03/17-18 56 23 58 23 W 7 7 3 1 SW53 10091 SW 35 304949 E 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/ENTREKIN REQUESTED BY...ERIC GETTENBERG REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110314.LEFTH.01/BOU