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FNUS75 KBOU 271206
FWSBOU
SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK HAND PILES RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
506 AM MST TUE JAN 27 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
FAIRLY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AT THE
BURN AREA TODAY, TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY. SKIES WILL BE CLOUDY
THIS MORNING WITH DECREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON. MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY
OR TONIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY, CLOUDINESS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE
DAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE AFTERNOON.
THERE WILL BE A FEW HOURS OF VERY GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL THIS
AFTERNOON, WITH ONLY GOOD DISPERSAL EXPECTED FOR A FEW HOURS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT) UNTIL 1000, THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) UNTIL 1100, THEN
MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 28.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDY. WEST WINDS 21 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 43 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0900, THEN 4400 FT AGL
UNTIL 1700, THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 28 TO 37 MPH UNTIL 1700, THEN AROUND 24
MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1000, THEN
GOOD UNTIL 1200, THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1700,
THEN POOR.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........75 77 78 56 33 11 12 12 13 11 9 7
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 15 16 19 23 24 27 28 28 27 26 23
RH..............40 46 48 44 38 35 32 31 31 30 32 36
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..30 29 28 25 23 22 22 22 22 22 21 21
20 FT WIND GUST.36 38 43 43 41 40 39 39 38 38 37 37
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.7 1.7 2.3 3.1 3.9 4.2 4.7 4.4 4.1 0.9
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.31 29 28 33 36 36 37 37 36 33 33 24
VRATE KT-FT/1K..13 12 18 50 72 96 125 135 145 126 119 18
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P F G G VG VG VG VG VG 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 16.
MAX HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 18 TO 26 MPH UNTIL 0400, THEN 16 TO
24 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 37 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 31 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........8 8 9 11 10 9 12 14 17 25 32 28
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............21 19 19 18 18 17 17 17 17 18 18 17
RH..............43 45 45 44 44 46 46 44 45 43 41 42
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..21 22 22 22 21 21 21 22 22 22 21 18
20 FT WIND GUST.37 37 37 37 36 36 36 36 36 37 37 36
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.25 26 26 26 25 25 25 26 28 28 30 31
VRATE KT-FT/1K..15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 13
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P P P P P P P P
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) UNTIL 0800, THEN
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) UNTIL 1100, THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) UNTIL 1200, THEN
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) UNTIL 1500, THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW AFTER 1700.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 36
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000, THEN 2300 FT AGL
UNTIL 1700, THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 31 TO 37 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1100, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300, THEN
GOOD UNTIL 1600, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1700, THEN
POOR.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........46 46 63 51 51 50 51 53 54 50 46 42
WEATHER COV..... SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... SN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............19 20 21 24 27 29 31 32 32 30 29 26
RH..............40 37 37 33 29 26 26 26 27 29 31 35
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..18 18 18 17 16 15 14 14 14 14 14 14
20 FT WIND GUST.36 36 35 33 33 32 31 30 29 29 29 30
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.3 2.4 2.0 1.3 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.31 31 33 35 35 35 36 37 37 36 35 33
VRATE KT-FT/1K..13 13 16 23 33 44 59 73 76 61 40 23
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P F F G G G F P
FORECASTER...RJK
REQUESTED BY...QUENTIN PEARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600956.2/BOU
.DELDT 01/27/26
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