Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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FNUS75 KBOU 241503
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Spot Forecast for KINGS CANYON CURTAN BURN...USFS
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
903 AM MDT Mon Jun 24 2024
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...partly cloudy until 1200, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Chance of wetting rain will be
around 15%. Minimum humidity around 25%. Winds will be southwest
8 to 12 mph until 1200, then west 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
Gusty and erractic winds near thunderstorms. Smoke dispersal poor
until 1000, then good until 1100. After 1100, excellent.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent) until 1000, then
partly cloudy (35-45 percent) until 1200, then
mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
CWR.................15 percent in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
LAL.................1 until 1200, then 3 until 1300, then 4.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 12 mph until 1200, then
west 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms after 1200.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL until 1000, then 6100 ft AGL until
1100, then 11100 ft AGL until 1600, then 7300
ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 19 mph until 1100, then west 17
to 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then good until 1100, then
excellent until 1600, then very good.
Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated
fire growth.
TIME (MDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........23 35 46 58 62 66 70 67 64
Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 10 10 20 20 20 20
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 30 30 40 40 40 40
LAL.............1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4
Temp............65 69 72 74 76 77 76 74 70
RH..............43 35 31 27 28 27 26 31 35
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 10 13 14 14 14 14
20 FT wind gust.18 18 18 18 23 24 24 24 24
Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 6.1 9.9 10 10 11 11 7.6 5.9
Transp wind dir.SW W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.15 18 18 20 20 20 21 20 21
Haines index....6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..35 98 159 175 172 183 204 129 105
SmokeDispersion.P G E E E E E VG VG
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) until 2200, then
partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers until 1900.
CWR.................6 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 9 to 14 mph with gusts to around 21
mph until 2000. Southwest 5 to 13 mph after
2400.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL until 1900. Below 1000 FT AGL after
2000.
Transport winds.....West 12 to 20 mph until 2100, then southwest 9
to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1900. Poor after 0300.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
dominated fire growth.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........61 59 57 54 48 41 35 27 19 11 12 12
Weather cov.....SCH
Weather type....RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).20 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............66 63 60 58 56 54 53 52 50 48 46 45
RH..............42 43 48 55 59 66 69 69 71 77 76 76
20 FT wind dir..W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..12 10 10 8 9 10 8 8 8 7 8 7
20 FT wind gust.21 18 18 15 17 18 15 15 15 13 14 13
Mix hgt (kft)...4.9 2.2 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.20 13 12 10 12 12 13 12 12 10 9 9
Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..83 25 8 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4
SmokeDispersion.G P P P P P P P P P P P
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-20 percent) until 1300, then
partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................4 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph until 1000. West 9
to 14 mph after 1200. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms after 1200.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0800. 11900 ft AGL
after 1200.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 12 mph until 0900, then west 10
to 17 mph until 1200, then 18 to 23 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then good until 1100, then
very good until 1200, then excellent.
Haines Index........6 or high potential for large plume dominated
fire growth.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........13 10 7 4 6 13 22 27 31 33 33 34
Weather cov..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Temp............46 51 57 62 68 72 75 77 78 79 79 78
RH..............76 68 57 48 34 27 22 19 19 19 19 19
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..7 6 6 7 7 8 10 12 12 12 12 10
20 FT wind gust. 13 16 17 18 18 17 17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 1.0 1.8 5.4 8.5 12 12 12 13 11 10
Transp wind dir.S S SW W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.8 9 10 10 14 17 21 21 22 22 21 18
Haines index....6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 5 9 16 65 127 208 218 228 238 201 167
SmokeDispersion.P P P P G VG E E E E E E
$$
Forecaster...RPK
Requested by...HAYDEN GREINER
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 06/24/24
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.EMAIL HAYDEN.GREINER@USDA.GOV