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Spot Forecast for Glacier View Slash Piles...Larimer County Sheriffs Office
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
411 AM MDT Fri Mar 22 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Upper ridging will push across the forecast area
today and tonight with fairly weak zonal flow aloft. By Saturday,
the flow aloft becomes more southwesterly through the day. Moisture
will increase over the forecast area tonight and on Saturday with
scattered rain showers Saturday afternoon.  Humidity levels will
lower into the 30-40% range both this and Saturday afternoons.
Smoke dispersion will become good for a few hours this afternoon
and very good for a few hours Saturday afternoon.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny until 1300, then partly
                    cloudy(35-45%) until 1700, then mostly
                    cloudy(50-60%).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 49.
Min humidity........34%.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7-11 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0900, then 6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14-20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then fair until 1300, then
                    good.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........22  22  22  22  21  21  21  28  34  41  47  54
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............30  31  33  35  39  42  43  46  48  49  49  48
RH..............72  67  62  58  50  46  44  38  36  34  34  34
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..10  9   9   8   9   10  8   8   9   10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.16  15  15  13  15  16  13  13  15  16  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.5 0.5 1.8 2.9 3.9 4.5 5.3 6.1 6.5 5.8 4.9
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.15  14  14  17  17  15  14  15  15  17  20  18
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7   6   7   27  44  50  54  69  80  98  99  79
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   F   F   F   G   G   G   G   G

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy until 0400, then partly
                    cloudy(40-50%).
CWR.................3 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........73%.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7-11 mph until 2100. 5-6 mph
                    after 0300.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL until 1900, then Below 1000 FT AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8-16 mph until 2200, then light until
                    0100, then west 8-11 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair until 1900, then poor.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........60  64  67  71  75  78  82  74  66  58  49  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10
Temp............47  44  41  35  34  33  33  33  32  34  32  32
RH..............37  42  46  61  64  66  66  63  66  61  63  63
20 FT wind dir..W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  8   8   7   5   6   6   5   5   5   6   6
20 FT wind gust.16  13  13  12  7   9   9   7   7   7   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...3.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.16  8   8   8   7   7   7   8   8   9   9   9
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..47  4   4   4   3   3   3   3   4   4   4   4
SmokeDispersion.F   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy(30-40%) until 0900, then mostly
                    sunny until 1000, then partly cloudy until
                    1200, then mostly cloudy(50-60%). Chance of
                    rain showers after 1200.
CWR.................7 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 52.
Min humidity........39%.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6-10 mph. Gusts up to 23 mph
                    late in the morning.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0800. 6300 ft AGL after
                    1100.
Transport winds.....West 9-16 mph until 1000, then southwest 20-26
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then fair until 1100, then
                    good until 1200, then very good until 1700,
                    then good.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........33  33  32  23  29  31  52  52  52  54  55  57
Weather cov.....                        CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  30  30  30  30  30  30
Temp............32  31  34  38  43  45  49  50  51  51  51  50
RH..............67  73  66  60  51  48  43  41  39  39  39  41
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   7   8   9   10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.6   8   12  14  17  21  23  23  23  22  22  21
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.9 1.3 1.7 3.3 4.8 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.8 5.8 4.8
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.9   12  14  16  20  23  26  26  25  25  23  21
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   9   16  24  55  96  147 148 149 149 116 86
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   F   G   VG  VG  VG  VG  VG  G

$$
Forecaster...RJK
Requested by...Larimer County Sheriffs Office - Emergency
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2405762.6/BOU
.DELDT 03/22/24
.FormatterVersion 1.0.26
.EMAIL webbds@co.larimer.co.us


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