580  
FNUS75 KBOU 262017  
FWSBOU  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR MOUNT BLUE SKY LIGHTNING STRIKE...JEFFCOM  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO  
217 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
CURRENT RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN AROUND THE AREA OF MT.  
BLUE SKY. THESE ARE FAIRLY SLOW MOVING STORMS THAT ARE MOVING  
GENERALLY FROM WEST TO EAST. THE CHANCE FOR MORE STORMS WILL  
REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT, WITH POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY  
VARIABLE WINDS BETWEEN 35-45 MPH, SMALL HAIL, RAIN, AND MORE  
LIGHTNING WITH ANY PASSING STORMS. RAIN RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH  
PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY PASSING STORMS. THERE ARE MORE  
STORMS CURRENTLY UPSTREAM OVER THE AREA OF LOVELAND PASS THAT ARE  
MOVING EAST TOWARDS THIS LOCATION. WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS  
CONTINUING WITH A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER  
2100-2400 TONIGHT.  
 
TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 60S BUT WILL BE COOLER WITH ANY  
PRECIPITATION. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP  
INTO THE 40S.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 1500. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY.  
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER 1500.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.  
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 1500.  
NORTHWEST AFTER 1700.  
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.  
 
TIME (MDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........77 76 82 87  
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC LKY LKY LKY  
CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 70 70  
TEMP............57 58 55 55  
RH..............51 51 57 59  
SURFACE WND DIR.NE N N NW  
SURFACE WND SPD.7 6 7 7  
SURFACE WND GST.12 9 12 12  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2100. CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS UNTIL 2400, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.  
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 1900, THEN  
NORTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH UNTIL 2100, THEN WEST 8  
TO 13 MPH UNTIL 0300, THEN SOUTHWEST AROUND 9  
MPH UNTIL 0400, THEN NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH  
UNTIL 0500, THEN EAST AROUND 7 MPH.  
SNOWFALL AMOUNT.....0.0 INCHES.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........84 85 88 89 86 91 87 76 73 75 75 75  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 20  
TEMP............54 51 50 49 48 48 48 48 47 47 47 47  
RH..............59 68 68 74 77 74 71 71 74 71 68 68  
SURFACE WND DIR.W NW NW W W W W W W SW NW E  
SURFACE WND SPD.8 9 10 12 10 10 10 9 9 9 6 7  
SURFACE WND GST.13 15 16 18 16 16 16 15 15 15 9 12  
 
 
FORECASTER...BONNER  
REQUESTED BY...DARIAN HORNADAY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2618299.0/BOU  
.DELDT 07/26/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL DARIAN.HORNADAY@JEFFCOM911CO.GOV  
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