782
FNUS75 KBOU 161145
FWSBOU
SPOT FORECAST FOR KINGS CANYON RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
445 AM MST TUE DEC 16 2025
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
LIGHT SOUTHWEST DRAINAGE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING, BEFORE
STRENGTHENING SLIGHTLY AFTER 0900 AND REMAINING BREEZY THROUGH
MID-AFTERNOON, WITH 20-FT GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH. LOWEST HUMIDITY WILL
LIKELY BE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY (20-30%), CLIMBING
MODERATELY INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TODAY, WITH 2 TO 3 HOURS OF FAIR SMOKE DISPERSAL FORECAST BEGINNING
NEAR MIDDAY.
EXPECT A GRADUAL INCREASE IN WEST WINDS CLOSER TOWARDS SUNRISE
WEDNESDAY, WITH CONSIDERABLY STRONGER DAYTIME WINDS DEVELOPING.
GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, WITH A
NOTABLE MODERATION IN HUMIDITY VALUES. EXPECT A STEADY INCREASE
IN CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE DAY AS A SYSTEM APPROACHES, WITH
SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON AND PEAKING IN THE
EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY WILL BE FAVORABLE
FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT IS FORECAST TO BE IN THE 1-4" RANGE.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15
MPH UNTIL 0900, THEN 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 25 MPH THROUGH 1600, THEN 6 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1100, THEN 2200 FT AGL
UNTIL 1600, THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 18 MPH UNTIL 1000, THEN WEST 16
TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400, THEN
POOR.
TIME (MST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........36 27 16 15 16 21 35 44 44 45 33
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............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
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............25 26 29 33 35 36 37 36 35 33 30
RH..............29 32 33 33 34 34 35 38 40 45 52
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 13 12 11
20 FT WIND GUST.15 16 17 20 23 24 25 23 22 16 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.3 0.3 0.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW W W W W W W W SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 15 18 22 25 25 23 24 17 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 0 11 28 44 49 40 27 5 0
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P F F P P P P
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 25.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........28 23 27 25 26 26 26 25 26 30 34 39
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............29 28 29 27 27 27 26 27 26 27 27 26
RH..............50 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 60 60 60 60
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 17 17 17 20 20 22 25
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 S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 16 16 16 16 17 18 18 20 20 22
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
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT) UNTIL 0700, THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) UNTIL 0900, THEN
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SNOW LIKELY
AFTER 1100. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AFTER 1300
UNTIL 1700, THEN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
CWR.................2 PERCENT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT LATE IN THE
MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...8 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 19 TO 27 MPH UNTIL
1300, THEN 23 TO 31 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 46 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900, THEN 2100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 24 TO 29 MPH UNTIL 1100, THEN 33 TO
40 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100, THEN GOOD UNTIL 1500, THEN
FAIR UNTIL 1700, THEN POOR.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........21 35 44 59 67 75 75 76 76 77 77 78
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... CHC SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 5 10 15 15 20 20 30 40
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 5 10 25 35 55 60 65 70 70 75
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 10 15
TEMP............27 27 29 31 33 33 33 33 33 33 32 30
RH..............67 70 68 66 63 63 65 64 66 71 78 84
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
20 FT WIND SPD..20 22 24 25 25 25 25 25 26 26 28 29
20 FT WIND GUST.31 32 33 36 37 39 39 39 40 41 44 46
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.1 0.1 0.2 1.4 1.3 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 26 25 26 28 36 40 40 39 37 36 33
VRATE KT-FT/1K..0 0 4 33 32 64 74 73 72 59 48 38
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P G G G G F F P
FORECASTER...RODRIGUEZ
REQUESTED BY...ZACHARIA ALEXANDER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2527763.0/BOU
.DELDT 12/16/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL CHRISTOPHER.GREEN@USDA.GOV,KEVIN.THOMPSON@USDA.GOV,ZACHARIA.ALEXANDER@USDA.GOV
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