Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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FNUS75 KBOU 051233
FWSBOU
Spot Forecast for Saddle Fire...U.S.F.S.
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
633 AM MDT Wed Jun 5 2024
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Upper ridging will dominate the weather over the area
for the next three days, with a dry and warm airmass in place.
West winds are expected today with gusts as high as 30 mph by
afternoon. Smoke dispersal will be very good for a few hours this
afternoon.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....65 to 70.
Min humidity........24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 18 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0800. 7200 ft AGL after
1100.
Transport winds.....Light winds until 0800. West 19 to 24 mph after
1200.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then fair until 1100, then
good until 1300, then very good.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
fire growth.
TIME (MDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 7 10
Weather cov.....M M M M M M M M M M M
Weather type....M M M M M M M M M M M
Tstm cov........M M M M M M M M M M M
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............43 48 52 56 59 62 64 67 68 69 69
RH..............67 56 46 40 36 32 29 26 25 24 25
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..6 7 8 9 9 12 13 14 14 14 14
20 FT wind gust.10 12 13 15 15 18 21 22 22 22 22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.8 2.9 4.2 5.1 5.8 6.4 6.7 7.0 7.3 7.2
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.7 9 12 15 18 20 22 22 22 22 22
Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 14 29 54 82 98 121 127 132 138 136
SmokeDispersion.P P P F G G VG VG VG VG VG
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 46.
Max humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 13 mph with gusts to around 21
mph until 2300. South around 5 mph after 0500.
Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL until 1900. Below 1000 FT AGL after
2000.
Transport winds.....Northwest 17 to 22 mph until 2000, then west 8
to 12 mph until 2200, then 8 to 10 mph until
2400, then 8 to 9 mph until 0200, then west 8
to 9 mph until 0400, then southwest around 8
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good until 1900. Poor after 0100.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
fire growth.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........12 11 10 8 7 9 7 8 9 9 9 10
Weather cov.....M M M M M M M M M M M M
Weather type....M M M M M M M M M M M M
Tstm cov........M M M M M M M M M M M M
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............67 65 61 58 55 53 51 51 50 49 48 47
RH..............27 30 36 40 43 48 52 50 50 50 51 53
20 FT wind dir..W NW NW W W W SW SW SW SW SW S
20 FT wind spd..13 10 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.21 16 12 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...6.7 5.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.W NW NW W W W W W W W W SW
Transp wind spd.21 18 10 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5
Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..121 81 7 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
SmokeDispersion.VG G P P P P P P P P P P
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph until 0700, then
variable up to 5 mph until 1000, then northwest
5 to 12 mph until 1700, then around 9 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0800. 7900 ft AGL after
1100.
Transport winds.....South around 8 mph until 0800, then light until
1000, then west 8 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1100, then fair until 1200, then
good until 1400, then very good until 1700,
then good.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10 9 7 4 6 8 10 11 12 13 15 16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............46 49 54 58 64 68 70 73 74 75 75 75
RH..............53 49 44 40 30 25 22 21 20 19 19 19
20 FT wind dir..S SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..5 3 3 3 5 6 8 8 9 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.7 6 6 6 7 9 13 13 15 15 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 1.0 2.5 3.7 5.1 6.6 7.2 7.8 8.3 7.9 7.4
Transp wind dir.S S SW W W W W W W W W NW
Transp wind spd.6 5 3 7 8 9 13 15 16 16 15 13
Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 3 15 26 41 72 93 105 117 101 85
SmokeDispersion.P P P P P F G G VG VG VG G
$$
Forecaster...RJK
Requested by...Daniel Fager IC Trainee
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2415638.0/BOU
.DELDT 06/05/24
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.EMAIL daniel.fager2@usda.gov