FNUS75 KBOU 041850 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR HOOPES...NORTH METRO FIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1245 PM MDT MON APR 4 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A BIT OF A LULL LATE TONIGHT BUT THE WINDS WILL MIX DOWN QUICKLY ON TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BE ERRATIC TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO A MOUNTAIN WAVE...WITH LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS ALTERNATING WITH STRONGER WEST WINDS. BY AFTERNOON THE WEST WINDS SHOULD BE STEADY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER WITH HUMIDITIES LOWER THAN TODAY. FROM WEDNESDAY ON IT WILL BE COOLER WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND LESS WIND AND SEVERAL CHANCES AT LIGHT PRECIPITATION. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%) UNTIL 1500...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY(50-60%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-52. MIN HUMIDITY........18-22%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 13-21 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......7600-8600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(35-45%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-36. MAX HUMIDITY........45-55%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 13-20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000-6000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER 0100. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2100. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72. MIN HUMIDITY........12-16%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 14-24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20-28 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN AROUND 36 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 2000 FT AGL BY 0900...THEN 5000-6000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900...THEN FAIR. EXCELLENT AFTER 1500. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER 1200 UNTIL 1800...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL 0600... THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AFTER 1800. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. TYPICAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 0600. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 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 04/04-12 34 0 43 28 W 15 23 2 1 NW46 9136 NW 22 170674 E 04/04-13 34 0 46 25 W 16 23 1 9075 NW 21 160953 E 04/04-14 34 0 49 22 W 17 1 9013 NW 20 151233 E 04/04-15 58 0 49 22 W 17 26 2 1 NW46 8952 NW 18 141512 V 04/04-16 58 0 50 20 W 18 1 8019 NW 20 133809 V 04/04-17 58 0 50 20 W 18 1 7086 W 21 126107 V 04/04-18 45 0 48 21 W 18 28 2 1 NW51 6153 W 22 118404 V 04/04-19 45 0 47 23 W 16 1 4864 W 22 92251 G 04/04-20 45 0 44 27 W 13 1 3575 W 21 66098 G 04/04-21 45 0 43 30 W 10 16 2 1 NW48 2286 W 20 39946 P 04/04-22 45 0 42 33 W 10 1 1846 W 20 32105 P 04/04-23 45 0 41 38 W 13 1 1405 W 20 24265 P 04/05-00 35 0 40 40 W 14 21 2 1 NW43 964 W 20 16425 P 04/05-01 35 0 39 42 W 15 1 865 W 20 14686 P 04/05-02 35 0 38 43 W 15 1 766 W 20 12947 P 04/05-03 35 0 38 43 W 16 24 2 1 NW49 666 W 20 11209 P 04/05-04 35 0 37 44 W 17 1 546 W 18 8999 P 04/05-05 35 0 37 45 W 18 1 426 W 18 6788 P 04/05-06 31 0 35 47 SW 20 30 2 1 NW51 305 W 17 4578 P 04/05-07 31 0 34 51 W 21 1 337 W 17 5200 P 04/05-08 31 0 37 47 W 21 1 368 W 18 5821 P 04/05-09 31 0 44 37 W 20 30 2 1 NW51 400 W 18 6443 P 04/05-10 31 0 51 29 W 20 30 1 1737 W 25 52882 F 04/05-11 31 0 56 23 W 17 1 3074 W 31 99321 G 04/05-12 35 0 61 19 W 15 23 2 1 NW54 4411 W 38 145760 V 04/05-13 35 0 64 17 W 14 1 5142 W 38 170276 E 04/05-14 35 0 67 15 W 15 1 5873 W 38 194793 E 04/05-15 35 0 68 14 W 15 23 2 1 W58 6604 W 38 219309 E 04/05-16 35 0 68 14 W 15 1 6077 W 37 197401 E 04/05-17 35 0 66 15 W 15 1 5550 W 36 175493 E 04/05-18 40 0 63 17 W 14 21 2 1 W58 5184 W 37 163844 E 04/05-19 40 0 61 19 W 12 1 3519 W 26 109661 V 04/05-20 40 0 56 24 SW 10 1 1854 SW 17 55478 F 04/05-21 40 0 51 31 SW 8 8 3 1 W46 190 SW 8 1295 P 04/05-22 40 0 47 39 SW 7 1 170 SW 8 1151 P 04/05-23 40 0 45 45 S 7 1 150 SW 8 1007 P 04/06-00 40 0 43 51 S 7 7 2 1 W37 131 S 8 864 P 04/06-01 40 0 42 55 S 6 1 126 S 6 691 P 04/06-02 40 0 40 58 S 5 1 122 S 5 519 P 04/06-03 40 0 40 59 S 3 3 2 1 W43 117 S 3 347 P 04/06-04 40 0 39 60 SW 2 1 234 SE 5 1228 P 04/06-05 40 0 39 58 NW 2 1 351 E 6 2110 P 04/06-06 60 6 40 57 N 2 2 2 1 W48 467 NE 7 2991 P 04/06-07 60 6 41 56 N 2 1 1052 NE 7 5022 P 04/06-08 60 6 42 54 E 2 1 1637 SE 6 7054 P 04/06-09 60 6 45 49 E 3 3 2 1 W45 2223 SE 5 9085 P 04/06-10 60 6 49 43 E 5 1 2693 S 6 14877 P 04/06-11 60 6 53 39 SE 7 1 3164 S 7 20669 P 04/06-12 71 10 55 36 SE 8 8 3 1 W41 3635 S 8 26461 P 04/06-13 71 10 58 34 SE 8 1 3876 S 9 30424 P 04/06-14 71 10 59 33 SE 8 1 4118 S 9 34387 P 04/06-15 71 10 60 32 SE 7 7 3 1 W43 4359 S 10 38350 P 04/06-16 71 10 60 33 S 6 1 2977 SW 8 25747 P 04/06-17 71 10 58 35 W 5 1 1595 W 6 13143 P 04/06-18 75 30 56 40 NW 3 3 3 1 SW33 213 NW 3 539 P 04/06-19 75 30 54 43 NW 3 1 187 NW 3 511 P 04/06-20 75 30 50 51 NW 3 1 162 NW 3 482 P 04/06-21 75 30 46 61 NW 3 3 3 1 SW21 136 NW 3 453 P 04/06-22 75 30 43 69 W 3 1 129 NW 5 465 P 04/06-23 75 30 41 75 W 5 1 122 W 5 477 P 04/07-00 75 30 39 79 W 5 5 2 1 SW31 115 W 5 489 P 04/07-01 75 30 38 83 W 5 1 114 W 5 479 P 04/07-02 75 30 37 85 NW 5 1 113 NW 5 469 P 04/07-03 75 30 36 85 NW 5 5 3 1 SW24 112 NW 5 459 P 04/07-04 75 30 36 86 NW 5 1 152 NW 5 676 P 04/07-05 75 30 36 82 NW 3 1 192 N 6 893 P 04/07-06 60 19 37 79 NW 3 3 2 1 SW21 232 N 6 1110 P 04/07-07 60 19 37 75 NW 3 1 04/07-08 60 19 39 67 W 3 1 04/07-09 60 19 43 57 W 3 3 1 04/07-10 60 19 47 47 W 3 1 04/07-11 60 19 51 40 SW 3 1 04/07-12 50 19 54 35 SW 3 3 1 04/07-13 50 19 56 31 SW 3 1 04/07-14 50 19 58 28 SW 5 1 04/07-15 50 19 58 27 SW 5 5 1 04/07-16 50 19 58 27 SW 5 1 04/07-17 50 19 57 27 SW 6 1 04/07-18 53 14 54 30 SW 6 6 1 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...GIMMESTAD REQUESTED BY...JOHN PAWLIK REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110405.HOOPE.01/BOU