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FNUS75 KBOU 281037
FWSBOU
SPOT FORECAST FOR STRAWBERRY RX FOREST SERVICE...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
337 AM MST WED JAN 28 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
THE BURN ARE WILL SEE UPPER RIDGING IN PLACE TODAY
WITH PRETTY WEAK WINDS AND ONLY A BRIEF PERIOD OF FAIR SMOKE
DISPERSAL THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY BRINGING LIGHT SNOW TO THE BURN
AREA. SNOW WILL END THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
AT THE BURN ARE WILL BE LIGHT AT UNDER 1.5 INCHES. THURSDAY'S
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL OFF FROM TODAY'S HIGHS. WESTERLY WINDS
WILL BE A BIT STRONGER ON THURSDAY AND THERE WILL BE A BRIEF
PERIOD OF GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) UNTIL 1300, THEN
MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW AFTER 1700.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 1300, THEN 6 TO 11
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000, THEN 2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 0700, THEN 8 TO 10 MPH
UNTIL 0900, THEN LIGHT UNTIL 1000, THEN WEST 8
TO 17 MPH UNTIL 1400, THEN 16 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1500, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600, THEN
POOR.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........29 30 31 34 38 41 49 58 66 71 75 79
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............2 3 6 11 17 21 25 28 28 30 28 25
RH..............70 65 58 53 43 39 37 34 34 33 37 41
20 FT WIND DIR..NW W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 8 8 10 13 14 16 16 16 15
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.5 1.9 1.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 7 7 8 10 15 17 20 22 18 16
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 3 3 4 8 14 23 28 38 48 31 18
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P P P P P F P P
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW
UNTIL 0200, THEN SNOW LIKELY UNTIL 0500, THEN
CHANCE OF SNOW.
CWR.................6 PERCENT INCREASING TO 17 PERCENT LATE IN THE
EVENING, THEN DECREASING TO 3 PERCENT EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 12.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH LATE
IN THE EVENING THEN 20 MPH EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 2100, THEN 1100 FT AGL
UNTIL 2200, THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0100,
THEN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 22 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........83 87 90 86 81 77 80 83 86 86 87 87
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC
WEATHER TYPE....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 60 60 60 50
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............23 20 19 19 18 17 15 15 15 14 14 13
RH..............44 50 54 57 63 68 79 82 83 86 83 88
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 9
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 17 17 18 22 22 21 20 20 18 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 17 18 22 21 20 18 21 22 22 21 20
VRATE KT-FT/1K..11 13 15 21 14 15 14 21 25 23 18 24
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P P P P P P P P
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) UNTIL 1500, THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW
UNTIL 1200, THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL
1700.
CWR.................7 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 22.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 23
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 TO 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1300, THEN
GOOD UNTIL 1500, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600, THEN
POOR.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........88 88 89 82 76 70 66 61 56 50 45 37
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............13 12 12 14 16 18 19 21 22 21 20 19
RH..............88 90 90 84 77 69 66 60 58 58 61 65
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 21 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 22
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.1 1.8 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.3 2.6 1.9 1.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.20 18 22 22 20 22 23 24 24 23 21 20
VRATE KT-FT/1K..18 17 34 41 44 54 56 63 69 51 35 21
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P F F F F G G F P P
FORECASTER...66
REQUESTED BY...JAMES CHOLEWINSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601174.0/BOU
.DELDT 01/28/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL JAMES.KIMBALL-CHOLEWINSKI@USDA.GOV
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