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FNUS75 KBOU 041606
FWSBOU
SPOT FORECAST FOR PRAISE PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
906 AM MST WED MAR 4 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
TODAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE MORNING THROUGH
MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO BACK TO THE
SOUTHWEST FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
FOR THURSDAY, SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A STORM
SYSTEM. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNDER THIS
PATTERN. SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 35 MPH FOR THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 17 MPH, BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 1500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL UNTIL 1300, THEN 5900 FT AGL UNTIL
1700, THEN 2300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 18 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300, THEN
GOOD UNTIL 1700, THEN POOR.
TIME (MST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........13 6 2 4 4 3 4 5 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............33 39 44 49 52 54 55 54 52
RH..............66 50 40 30 24 21 19 20 21
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.12 12 12 13 13 15 15 15 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 2.1 2.9 4.0 5.0 5.8 5.9 4.9 2.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 13 12 15 17 17 18 15
VRATE KT-FT/1K..19 27 32 40 65 87 89 79 30
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P F G G G G P
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 22.
MAX HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL UNTIL 2000, THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL
UNTIL 0100, THEN 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0200, THEN
BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0300, THEN 1000 FT AGL
UNTIL 0400, THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0500,
THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 11 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........6 4 6 7 5 5 8 10 18 20 26 34
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
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............46 39 35 33 31 31 29 28 27 26 25 25
RH..............27 37 43 47 51 49 51 53 53 52 55 55
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 9 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S S S S S S SW W SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 12 12 13 12 13 13 15 14 13 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..12 10 9 9 10 9 10 11 12 12 10 10
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P P P P P P P P
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................4 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 20 MPH UNTIL 1500, THEN 12 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0700, THEN 2500 FT AGL
UNTIL 1000, THEN 7300 FT AGL UNTIL 1700, THEN
4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 14 MPH UNTIL 1000. SOUTHWEST 24 TO 31
MPH AFTER 1400.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000, THEN GOOD UNTIL 1100, THEN
VERY GOOD UNTIL 1200, THEN EXCELLENT UNTIL
1600, THEN VERY GOOD.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........18 20 22 18 13 9 11 13 15 15 16 16
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 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............23 26 30 36 44 50 53 54 54 54 52 49
RH..............59 55 51 44 35 29 25 23 21 20 21 23
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 7 9 12 13 14 15 16 16 16
20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 16 21 24 26 29 30 32 32 32
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.0 1.1 2.9 4.8 6.6 7.1 7.7 8.2 7.0 5.9 4.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 9 14 20 24 26 29 31 29 26 24
VRATE KT-FT/1K..8 8 9 35 81 139 164 191 220 176 136 100
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P G VG E E E E VG VG
FORECASTER...MEIER
REQUESTED BY...CHARLES BUSCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604748.0/BOU
.DELDT 03/04/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CHARLES.BUSCH@USDA.GOV
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