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FNUS75 KBOU 270030
FWSBOU
SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHTOP...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
530 PM MST MON JAN 26 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM THE WEST AROUND 10
TO 15MPH, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 20 TO 25MPH. WINDS WILL
WEAKEN SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT, BEFORE INCREASING IN THE LATE MORNING
TO EARLY AFTERNOON TUESDAY. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE (<15%) FOR SOME
LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL IF
ANY. WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE FROM THE WEST ON TUESDAY, WITH GUSTS
AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE FAIR FOR
A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON TUESDAY. WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN TUESDAY EVENING, WITH SPEEDS AROUND 10MPH IN THE
LATE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW AFTER 0500.
CWR.................4 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 2 BELOW.
MAX HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH IN
THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 11 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........7 8 8 10 16 38 36 45 48 46 48 50
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... SN
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 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............8 5 5 4 3 4 4 2 2 1 -1 2
RH..............46 48 47 49 49 48 49 53 54 55 60 55
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..14 14 14 13 13 12 12 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.22 22 22 22 21 21 18 18 18 18 16 16
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW W SW W W W W SW SW W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 14 13 14 15 15 13 13 13 12 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P P P P P P P P
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT) UNTIL 0900, THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) UNTIL 1200, THEN
MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW UNTIL 1100.
CWR.................4 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 21.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100, THEN 2700 FT AGL
UNTIL 1600, THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 21 MPH UNTIL 1300. AROUND 14 MPH
AFTER 1700.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1300, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1500, THEN
POOR.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........56 65 61 48 38 28 23 24 24 15 9 23
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....SN SN SN SN SN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............4 4 7 10 13 16 19 20 21 20 19 18
RH..............58 64 64 60 54 50 47 45 43 43 43 47
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 9 9 9 10 13 14 14 14 13
20 FT WIND GUST.16 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 25 24 22 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.2 2.2 2.7 2.8 1.9 0.8 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 12 12 12 14 16 21 23 24 22 20 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 0 0 4 16 39 53 59 36 14 0
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P P P F F P P P
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 3 ABOVE.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 22
MPH UNTIL 0200. SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH AFTER
0500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........22 23 15 16 14 11 13 15 17 26 35 44
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............15 14 12 10 9 9 10 9 7 6 6 6
RH..............59 59 59 59 59 59 57 57 62 65 63 62
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..13 13 13 12 12 10 9 9 9 10 12 12
20 FT WIND GUST.22 21 21 21 20 20 20 18 18 18 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 10 10 12 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P P P P P P P P
FORECASTER...PETTETT
REQUESTED BY...JOHN AUTHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601105.0/BOU
.DELDT 01/26/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JOHN.AUTHER@USDA.GOV
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