FNUS75 KBOU 051205 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR CRYSTAL...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 605 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION...STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TODAY AS A WARM FLAT UPPER RIDGE DOMINATES COLORADO WEATHER. A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH WARMER THAN MONDAY ALONG WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND COOLER TEMPERATURES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS ALSO EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 1200...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65. MIN HUMIDITY........12-18%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......STRONG WINDS. WEST WINDS 34-48 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 40-56 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 52-60 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800...RISING TO 5600-6600 FT AGL AFTER 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0800...BECOMING EXCELLENT AFTER 1200. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-38. MAX HUMIDITY........72-80%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. WEST WINDS 24 TO 32 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH UNTIL 2100. NORTHWEST 10-16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 24 MPH AFTER 2400. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 32-40 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN 8-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6000-6500 FT AGL UNTIL 1900...THEN 4000-4500 FT AGL UNTIL 2100...THEN BELOW 1000 FT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2000. POOR AFTER 2100. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW UNTIL 1200...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50. MIN HUMIDITY........48-54%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 5-13 MPH UNTIL 0900...THEN SOUTH 6-7 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000-5000 FT AGL AFTER 1000. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. GOOD AFTER 1100. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY...RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY UNTIL 0600... THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 0600...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1800...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL 1800. CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGHS AROUND 40. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR CRYSTAL. +++ 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 04/05-05 16 0 33 43 W 38 1 696 W 39 23768 P 04/05-06 30 0 34 43 W 37 55 3 1 NW47 572 W 40 20105 P 04/05-07 30 0 35 43 W 36 1 846 W 43 32356 P 04/05-08 30 0 38 40 W 36 1 1120 W 45 44607 F 04/05-09 30 0 42 35 W 37 55 3 1 NW60 1394 W 47 56859 F 04/05-10 30 0 46 29 W 40 1 2564 W 51 121177 V 04/05-11 30 0 50 24 W 45 1 3735 W 55 185495 E 04/05-12 58 0 54 21 W 47 71 2 1 W67 4905 W 59 249814 E 04/05-13 58 0 56 20 W 47 1 5474 W 58 269430 E 04/05-14 58 0 58 19 W 45 1 6043 W 55 289046 E 04/05-15 58 0 59 19 W 41 62 2 1 W70 6612 W 54 308661 E 04/05-16 58 0 59 17 W 38 1 6533 W 53 298282 E 04/05-17 58 0 58 16 W 35 1 6454 W 52 287902 E 04/05-18 58 2 59 15 W 32 48 3 1 W75 6375 W 51 277522 E 04/05-19 58 2 57 19 W 32 1 4446 W 46 191300 E 04/05-20 58 2 53 27 W 32 1 2517 W 41 105078 V 04/05-21 58 2 42 52 W 31 47 2 1 W75 588 W 37 18856 P 04/05-22 58 2 40 60 W 25 1 496 W 29 13820 P 04/05-23 58 2 39 65 SW 18 1 405 W 22 8783 P 04/06-00 71 9 39 67 SW 13 20 2 1 W75 314 W 14 3747 P 04/06-01 71 9 38 70 W 10 1 492 W 13 4824 P 04/06-02 71 9 36 75 NW 8 1 671 NW 10 5902 P 04/06-03 71 9 36 74 N 8 8 2 1 W73 850 NW 9 6979 P 04/06-04 71 9 36 71 NW 8 1 1204 NW 10 10848 P 04/06-05 71 9 36 67 NW 8 1 1557 W 10 14717 P 04/06-06 67 19 36 64 W 8 8 3 1 W68 1910 W 12 18586 P 04/06-07 67 19 36 64 W 8 1 2398 W 12 24849 P 04/06-08 67 19 36 65 SW 7 1 2886 W 13 31111 P 04/06-09 67 19 38 64 S 6 6 2 1 W67 3374 SW 13 37374 P 04/06-10 67 19 40 58 S 6 1 3866 SW 15 53704 F 04/06-11 67 19 42 55 S 7 1 4358 SW 18 70035 G 04/06-12 85 44 44 52 S 7 7 2 1 W71 4850 SW 21 86365 G 04/06-13 85 44 46 49 S 7 1 4881 SW 21 85599 G 04/06-14 85 44 46 50 S 6 1 4913 SW 20 84832 G 04/06-15 85 44 47 51 S 6 6 2 1 W68 4944 SW 20 84065 G 04/06-16 85 44 47 52 S 5 1 4915 SW 20 81979 G 04/06-17 85 44 46 53 SW 5 1 4885 SW 18 79893 G 04/06-18 80 56 44 59 SW 5 5 2 1 W55 4856 SW 18 77807 G 04/06-19 80 56 40 70 SW 6 1 3862 SW 16 58256 F 04/06-20 80 56 37 76 SW 7 1 2868 SW 14 38706 P 04/06-21 80 56 36 81 SW 8 13 2 1 SW47 1874 SW 12 19155 P 04/06-22 80 56 35 83 SW 9 1 1663 SW 12 16804 P 04/06-23 80 56 34 84 SW 9 1 1451 SW 12 14454 P 04/07-00 80 56 34 84 S 9 15 3 1 SW40 1239 SW 12 12104 P 04/07-01 80 56 33 84 SW 9 1 1090 SW 10 10024 P 04/07-02 80 56 32 86 SW 9 1 940 SW 9 7945 P 04/07-03 80 56 32 86 SW 8 13 3 1 SW49 791 SW 8 5865 P 04/07-04 80 56 31 87 SW 7 1 806 SW 7 5118 P 04/07-05 80 56 31 86 SW 6 1 821 SW 6 4371 P 04/07-06 60 20 31 85 SW 5 5 3 1 SW35 836 SW 5 3624 P 04/07-07 60 20 31 86 SW 5 1 1227 SW 6 6176 P 04/07-08 60 20 32 82 SW 5 1 1618 SW 6 8728 P 04/07-09 60 20 36 69 SW 6 6 3 1 SW29 2009 SW 7 11280 P 04/07-10 60 20 40 60 SW 7 1 3060 SW 8 26213 P 04/07-11 60 20 42 55 S 8 1 4110 SW 10 41147 F 04/07-12 60 20 45 50 S 9 15 3 1 SW32 5161 SW 13 56080 F 04/07-13 60 20 48 45 S 12 1 5711 SW 17 88217 G 04/07-14 60 20 48 43 S 13 1 6261 SW 22 120354 V 04/07-15 60 20 49 41 S 15 24 3 1 SW48 6811 SW 25 152490 E 04/07-16 60 20 49 40 S 16 1 5871 SW 28 137425 V 04/07-17 60 20 48 41 SW 17 1 4930 SW 29 122359 V 04/07-18 59 24 44 46 SW 17 28 3 1 SW37 3990 SW 31 107293 V 04/07-19 59 24 39 57 SW 17 1 2808 SW 29 74875 G 04/07-20 59 24 36 64 SW 16 1 1626 SW 28 42457 F 04/07-21 59 24 33 70 SW 14 22 4 1 SW46 444 SW 26 10039 P 04/07-22 59 24 32 73 SW 13 1 431 SW 23 8531 P 04/07-23 59 24 31 76 SW 10 1 418 W 20 7023 P 04/08-00 59 24 31 76 SW 9 15 3 1 SW63 405 W 16 5516 P 04/08-01 59 24 30 77 SW 9 1 372 W 14 4639 P 04/08-02 59 24 29 79 SW 8 1 339 SW 13 3762 P 04/08-03 59 24 28 80 SW 8 14 3 1 SW47 306 SW 10 2884 P 04/08-04 59 24 27 81 SW 8 1 389 SW 12 4163 P 04/08-05 59 24 27 79 SW 9 1 473 SW 13 5441 P 04/08-06 57 31 27 78 SW 9 15 3 1 SW43 557 SW 14 6719 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...CLINT DAWSON REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110404.CRYST.02/BOU