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FNUS75 KBOU 282043
FWSBOU
SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUEBELL FIRE...NWS BOU
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
143 PM MST SAT FEB 28 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
WINDS ARE GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS
AFTERNOON, WITH GUSTS OF 10-15 MPH POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RANGE FROM 9-12% ACROSS THE AREA.
MIXING HEIGHTS SHOULD BE PEAKING RIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME (1330) AT
AROUND 6,500'. SHOULD SEE SOME SLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS TO RH BY 1700
(~15%), AND DECREASING WINDS. MORE SIGNIFICANT RH IMPROVEMENTS
WON'T COME UNTIL LATE TONIGHT (BETWEEN 23/2400), WHERE THEY WILL
BE IN THE MID 20S. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW
MORNING.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) UNTIL 1700, THEN
MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT).
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS AROUND 7 MPH UNTIL 1500. WEST
AROUND 6 MPH AFTER 1700.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5900 FT AGL UNTIL 1600. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER
1700.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1500. POOR AFTER 1700.
TIME (MST) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........33 39 50 59
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 63 62 60
RH..............10 10 11 12
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.12 9 9 9
MIX HGT (KFT)...6.2 4.6 2.8 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 13 13 12
VRATE KT-FT/1K..87 50 31 9
SMOKEDISPERSION.G F P P
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
CWR.................4 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH UNTIL 0300. VARIABLE UP
TO 5 MPH AFTER 0500.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS UNTIL 1900, THEN SOUTHWEST 8 TO 10
MPH UNTIL 2300, THEN LIGHT UNTIL 2400, THEN
WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........69 77 80 82 78 75 73 75 75 71 67 57
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............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............57 55 53 52 51 49 49 48 47 45 42 41
RH..............15 16 17 20 21 25 28 30 32 36 43 46
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.9 7 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.W SW S SW SW W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 7 8 8 7 9 10 10 9 8 8
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 4 4
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P P P P P P P P
FORECASTER...BONNER
REQUESTED BY...BOU
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2604340.0/BOU
.DELDT 02/28/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL NWS.BOULDER@NOAA.GOV
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