FNUS75 KBOU 122330 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR JOHN RICE DITCH...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 530 PM MDT TUE APR 12 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING LOW CLOUDS...PATCHY FOG AND POSSIBLY DRIZZLE. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL BE SLOW TO BURN OFF AND WILL LIKELY LINGER THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HIGH ON WEDNESDAY. RAIN IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM COMBINES WITH UPSLOPE WINDS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS EARLY THURSDAY. STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL DRY OUT THE AIRMASS THURSDAY WITH HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE 30-40 PERCENT RANGE. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG DRIZZLE AFTER 0300. MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-35. MAX HUMIDITY........90-100%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST 4-9 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN NORTHEAST 7-12 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH UNTIL 2400...THEN NORTH 4-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AND DRIZZLE UNTIL 0900...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER 1200. MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55. MIN HUMIDITY........59-66%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 7-14 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 4-8 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN SOUTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0700...THEN 3600-4600 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-27. MAX HUMIDITY........90-100%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 7-13 MPH UNTIL 0300...THEN VARIABLE 2-6 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 4-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(35-45%). CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL 1200. MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MIN HUMIDITY........30-38%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. NORTHWEST 7-12 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 15-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 8-16 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN NORTHWEST 32-40 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 5600-6600 FT AGL AFTER 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. EXCELLENT AFTER 1500. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR JOHN RICE DITCH. +++ 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 04/12-17 60 6 59 28 S 12 1 1967 S 6 8378 P 04/12-18 58 9 57 29 S 10 16 3 1 SW29 355 S 7 2191 P 04/12-19 58 9 55 32 S 9 1 276 S 7 1659 P 04/12-20 58 9 51 38 SW 8 1 196 SW 6 1127 P 04/12-21 53 9 46 48 SW 7 7 3 1 SW28 117 SW 6 595 P 04/12-22 53 9 43 55 SW 6 1 110 SW 6 534 P 04/12-23 53 9 41 60 W 6 1 103 W 6 473 P 04/13-00 57 6 40 65 W 6 6 3 1 SW22 96 W 5 412 P 04/13-01 57 6 39 70 NW 8 1 130 NW 7 978 P 04/13-02 57 6 38 76 N 10 1 164 N 10 1544 P 04/13-03 74 11 37 80 NE 12 17 3 1 SW22 197 NE 13 2111 P 04/13-04 74 11 37 84 NE 9 1 249 NE 12 2339 P 04/13-05 74 11 37 86 NE 7 1 301 NE 10 2568 P 04/13-06 94 10 37 87 NE 5 5 3 1 W26 353 N 9 2797 P 04/13-07 94 10 37 90 NE 6 1 1329 N 8 8022 P 04/13-08 94 10 39 89 E 8 1 2305 N 7 13247 P 04/13-09 89 8 41 84 E 9 14 2 1 W22 3282 N 7 18472 P 04/13-10 89 8 44 74 E 8 1 3605 N 6 15914 P 04/13-11 89 8 47 67 E 6 1 3928 NW 5 13357 P 04/13-12 60 10 49 63 E 5 5 2 1 W18 4251 NW 3 10800 P 04/13-13 60 10 51 63 E 3 1 4243 W 2 9816 P 04/13-14 60 10 52 64 SE 3 1 4235 S 2 8831 P 04/13-15 76 22 52 66 SE 5 5 2 1 SW18 4227 SE 2 7847 P 04/13-16 76 22 52 67 SE 6 1 4526 SE 5 18475 P 04/13-17 76 22 51 68 SE 8 1 4826 SE 7 29103 P 04/13-18 86 60 49 70 SE 9 14 2 1 SW20 327 SE 9 2554 P 04/13-19 86 60 48 68 SE 9 1 313 SE 9 2620 P 04/13-20 86 60 45 71 SE 9 1 299 SE 10 2685 P 04/13-21 86 60 41 77 SE 9 14 2 1 SW32 285 SE 12 2751 P 04/13-22 86 60 39 81 SE 8 1 295 SE 9 2332 P 04/13-23 86 60 38 85 SE 6 1 304 SE 7 1912 P 04/14-00 90 60 37 87 SE 5 5 2 1 SW39 314 SE 6 1493 P 04/14-01 90 60 36 88 SE 3 1 279 SE 5 1183 P 04/14-02 90 60 35 88 SE 2 1 244 SE 3 872 P 04/14-03 90 60 34 87 E 2 2 2 1 SW31 209 SE 3 562 P 04/14-04 90 60 34 85 E 2 1 234 SE 3 702 P 04/14-05 90 60 34 81 E 3 1 260 E 3 841 P 04/14-06 74 30 34 77 E 5 5 2 1 SW28 285 E 3 981 P 04/14-07 74 30 35 72 E 6 1 399 E 6 2279 P 04/14-08 74 30 36 66 N 7 1 512 N 7 3576 P 04/14-09 74 30 39 58 N 8 8 3 1 SW12 626 N 9 4874 P 04/14-10 74 30 42 50 N 9 1 2224 NW 15 48145 F 04/14-11 74 30 44 44 NW 10 1 3822 NW 22 91416 G 04/14-12 40 20 46 39 NW 13 20 3 1 W22 5420 NW 29 134686 V 04/14-13 40 20 47 35 NW 17 1 5800 NW 33 169684 E 04/14-14 40 20 48 31 NW 23 1 6180 NW 38 204682 E 04/14-15 40 20 49 29 NW 28 41 3 1 NW 9 6560 NW 43 239679 E 04/14-16 40 20 49 28 NW 29 1 6440 NW 43 240534 E 04/14-17 40 20 48 28 NW 28 1 6320 NW 44 241388 E 04/14-18 20 5 46 29 NW 25 38 3 1 NW21 6200 NW 45 242242 E 04/14-19 20 5 45 31 NW 23 1 5671 NW 43 213917 E 04/14-20 20 5 43 36 NW 20 1 5142 NW 41 185592 E 04/14-21 20 5 40 42 NW 17 26 3 1 NW25 4613 NW 39 157267 E 04/14-22 20 5 38 48 NW 17 1 4173 NW 39 142302 V 04/14-23 20 5 36 54 NW 17 1 3734 NW 39 127337 V 04/15-00 20 5 36 57 W 17 26 3 1 NW38 3294 NW 39 112373 V 04/15-01 19 5 35 55 NW 16 1 3364 NW 39 112616 V 04/15-02 17 5 34 51 NW 14 1 3433 NW 38 112859 V 04/15-03 15 5 34 46 NW 13 20 2 1 NW51 3503 NW 37 113102 V 04/15-04 12 5 33 43 NW 12 1 3784 NW 38 126131 V 04/15-05 10 5 34 40 NW 12 1 4066 NW 39 139160 V 04/15-06 9 5 34 37 NW 13 20 2 1 NW67 4347 NW 40 152188 E 04/15-07 11 5 35 35 NW 14 1 5146 NW 40 182473 E 04/15-08 13 5 37 32 NW 16 1 5944 NW 41 212758 E 04/15-09 15 5 40 29 NW 18 28 2 1 NW79 6743 NW 41 243043 E 04/15-10 16 5 43 25 NW 21 1 7339 NW 41 267565 E 04/15-11 18 5 46 23 NW 22 1 7936 NW 43 292087 E 04/15-12 20 5 49 22 NW 23 35 2 1 NW67 8533 NW 43 316608 E 04/15-13 20 5 51 21 NW 23 1 8250 NW 40 290771 E 04/15-14 20 5 52 20 NW 22 1 7966 NW 38 264934 E 04/15-15 21 5 53 20 NW 21 31 2 1 NW60 7683 NW 36 239096 E 04/15-16 21 5 53 20 NW 18 1 6948 NW 32 198572 E 04/15-17 21 5 52 21 NW 15 1 6212 NW 29 158047 E 04/15-18 21 5 50 23 NW 13 20 2 1 NW56 5476 NW 24 117523 V 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 REQUESTED BY...JAY STALNACKER FMO REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110413.JOHNR.01/BOU