FNUS75 KBOU 231452 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR HOOPES...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 852 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT IS BUILDING OVER THE STATE WHICH WILL CAUSE MODERATE WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW TO WEAKEN AND SWITCH TO NORTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON. A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA IS ALSO BUILDING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WHICH WILL SWITCH PRESSURE GRADIENTS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO TO A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. WINDS ALOFT OVER THE AREA WILL BE WEAKENING AS THE RIDGE AXIS MOVES OVERHEAD. THIS WILL LIMIT THE AMOUNTS OF SMOKE DISPERSAL LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BE REMAINING MOSTLY SUNNY AS A DRY AIRMASS IS NOW IN PLACE OVER THE PLAINS. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-64. MIN HUMIDITY........8-14%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 17-24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH UNTIL 1100...THEN NORTHWEST 8-14 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN NORTHEAST 6-12 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20-28 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHWEST 8-14 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-3000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...RISING TO 10500-11000 FT AGL BY 1300. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD. HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-28. MAX HUMIDITY........60-68%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 6-14 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4-10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......10000-11000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2100. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60. MIN HUMIDITY........10-16%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH UNTIL 1500...THEN NORTHWEST 9-15 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 4 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0700. 11500-12000 FT AGL AFTER 1400. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300. EXCELLENT AFTER 1700. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW AFTER 1800. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS AROUND 60. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1200. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL 1800. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 0600 UNTIL 1200. CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER 0600 UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR HOOPES. +++ 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 03/23-08 6 0 36 31 W 17 1 2619 W 26 56884 F 03/23-09 6 0 41 26 NW 13 13 3 1 W20 2903 W 21 53123 F 03/23-10 6 0 44 23 NW 12 1 4608 W 17 56893 F 03/23-11 6 0 47 20 NW 10 1 6313 W 13 60664 G 03/23-12 6 0 50 17 NW 10 10 3 1 W24 8018 W 9 64434 G 03/23-13 6 0 54 15 W 10 1 9086 W 10 79742 G 03/23-14 6 0 57 12 SW 9 1 10154 W 10 95051 G 03/23-15 6 0 59 11 S 9 9 2 1 W28 11222 W 12 110359 V 03/23-16 6 0 59 10 SE 9 1 11148 W 9 94620 G 03/23-17 6 0 59 10 E 9 1 11075 W 8 78881 G 03/23-18 14 0 56 10 E 9 9 2 1 W24 11001 W 7 63141 G 03/23-19 14 0 52 13 NE 8 1 7445 SW 7 42787 F 03/23-20 14 0 47 17 NE 7 1 3888 SE 7 22432 P 03/23-21 14 0 45 21 NE 6 6 2 1 SW24 331 E 7 2078 P 03/23-22 14 0 42 25 E 5 1 341 E 7 2219 P 03/23-23 14 0 41 28 SE 3 1 352 E 8 2361 P 03/24-00 33 0 39 30 SE 3 3 2 1 SW36 363 SE 8 2502 P 03/24-01 33 0 38 33 E 3 1 478 SE 6 1891 P 03/24-02 33 0 35 37 NE 3 1 593 S 3 1279 P 03/24-03 33 0 34 40 N 3 3 2 1 SW40 708 CALM 668 P 03/24-04 33 0 31 47 N 3 1 703 CALM 799 P 03/24-05 33 0 31 50 N 3 1 697 CALM 929 P 03/24-06 36 0 30 56 NE 3 3 2 1 SW35 692 E 2 1060 P 03/24-07 36 0 26 63 NE 3 1 1226 SE 2 2392 P 03/24-08 36 0 29 55 NE 5 1 1760 S 2 3724 P 03/24-09 36 0 35 41 NE 5 5 2 1 SW38 2294 S 2 5057 P 03/24-10 36 0 39 35 NE 5 1 2872 S 3 10380 P 03/24-11 36 0 43 29 NE 3 1 3450 S 5 15704 P 03/24-12 36 0 47 24 NE 3 3 3 1 SW51 4028 S 6 21027 P 03/24-13 36 0 51 20 NE 3 1 6497 SW 10 76131 G 03/24-14 36 0 55 16 N 3 1 8966 SW 15 131235 V 03/24-15 36 0 57 14 NW 6 6 3 1 SW35 11435 SW 18 186338 E 03/24-16 36 0 57 14 NW 10 1 12168 SW 22 235860 E 03/24-17 36 0 57 13 W 15 1 12901 SW 25 285382 E 03/24-18 43 0 56 14 W 20 30 3 1 SW26 13635 W 29 334904 E 03/24-19 43 0 53 16 W 23 1 10567 W 29 262912 E 03/24-20 43 0 49 19 W 25 1 7499 W 30 190921 E 03/24-21 43 0 47 22 W 25 38 4 1 W20 4430 W 31 118929 V 03/24-22 43 0 45 25 W 24 1 3487 W 31 93380 G 03/24-23 43 0 44 28 W 22 1 2544 W 31 67830 G 03/25-00 35 0 43 31 W 18 28 3 1 W29 1600 W 30 42281 F 03/25-01 35 0 42 34 W 14 1 1325 W 24 30760 P 03/25-02 35 0 40 37 SW 9 1 1050 W 17 19238 P 03/25-03 35 0 39 40 SW 6 6 3 1 W38 775 W 12 7717 P 03/25-04 35 0 37 44 SW 5 1 644 W 9 5827 P 03/25-05 35 0 36 45 S 5 1 513 SW 8 3937 P 03/25-06 38 7 36 47 S 5 5 2 1 W33 382 S 6 2047 P 03/25-07 38 7 33 53 S 3 1 361 S 5 1636 P 03/25-08 38 7 32 54 S 3 1 340 S 3 1226 P 03/25-09 38 7 38 43 S 3 3 2 1 SW30 319 S 3 815 P 03/25-10 38 7 41 37 SE 6 1 1946 S 5 12610 P 03/25-11 38 7 44 32 SE 8 1 3573 SE 6 24405 P 03/25-12 52 7 49 26 SE 9 14 2 1 SW29 5200 SE 8 36200 P 03/25-13 52 7 52 21 E 8 1 6981 S 9 63164 G 03/25-14 52 7 56 17 N 5 1 8762 S 12 90129 G 03/25-15 52 7 59 14 N 3 3 3 1 SW40 10543 SW 13 117093 V 03/25-16 52 7 59 13 N 5 1 9864 SW 10 89966 G 03/25-17 52 7 59 12 N 8 1 9184 W 8 62840 G 03/25-18 70 23 57 13 N 10 16 2 1 SW31 8505 W 5 35714 P 03/25-19 70 23 53 16 N 10 1 7274 W 8 41813 F 03/25-20 70 23 49 22 N 9 1 6043 W 10 47912 F 03/25-21 70 23 47 27 NE 8 8 3 1 SW22 4812 W 13 54010 F 03/25-22 70 23 45 35 NE 6 1 4362 W 10 39889 P 03/25-23 70 23 44 42 NE 3 1 3911 NW 7 25767 P 03/26-00 70 23 43 49 NE 2 2 3 1 SW22 3461 NW 3 11645 P 03/26-01 70 23 41 55 NE 2 1 2999 NW 3 9695 P 03/26-02 70 23 40 60 N 2 1 2538 W 3 7745 P 03/26-03 70 23 39 63 N 3 3 3 1 W25 2076 W 3 5796 P 03/26-04 70 23 36 67 NW 3 1 1617 W 5 5341 P 03/26-05 70 23 36 66 W 5 1 1157 W 6 4886 P 03/26-06 38 23 35 65 W 5 5 3 1 W12 697 W 7 4431 P 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...JOHN PAWLIK REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110323.HOOPE.02/BOU