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FNUS75 KBOU 281049
FWSBOU
SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK HAND PILES RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
349 AM MST WED JAN 28 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
PRETTY STRONG DOWNSLOPING WESTERLY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED AT THE BURN AREA TODAY, TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. WIND
GUSTS WILL RANGE FROM 35 TO 45 MPH ALL THREE PERIODS. A WEAK
UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
BRINGING A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
THERE WILL BE A FEW HOURS OF GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL BOTH THIS
AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
IN THE THE LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON AND ONLY THE MID 20S ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) UNTIL 0800, THEN
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). PATCHY BLOWING
SNOW.
CWR.................4 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 19 TO 27 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 37
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000, THEN 2400 FT AGL
UNTIL 1700, THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 25 TO 31 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1200, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1400, 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 (%).........39 47 55 54 54 53 58 62 67 69 71 73
WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....BSN BSN BSN BSN BSN BSN BSN BSN BSN BSN BSN BSN
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 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............16 17 19 23 28 30 32 33 33 31 31 27
RH..............39 37 35 31 27 24 24 24 24 27 27 33
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..24 24 24 23 22 21 21 21 21 22 23 21
20 FT WIND GUST.37 36 36 35 35 33 32 33 33 35 35 33
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.7 2.2 2.4 2.5 1.9 0.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.28 25 25 28 31 31 31 30 30 31 30 25
VRATE KT-FT/1K..11 10 12 20 32 40 45 58 62 69 50 17
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P P F F G G F P
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). PATCHY BLOWING
SNOW. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1900. CHANCE
OF SNOW AFTER 1900.
CWR.................7 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 15.
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 16 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45
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 (%).........71 69 67 66 64 63 63 62 62 62 62 56
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 30
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............24 23 22 21 19 18 17 17 16 16 15 16
RH..............40 42 46 52 63 69 72 72 76 76 76 77
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..18 20 21 22 22 22 22 21 21 21 20 20
20 FT WIND GUST.32 33 36 37 38 45 44 43 41 40 39 39
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.25 26 30 30 28 30 31 30 29 28 28 26
VRATE KT-FT/1K..17 10 12 16 14 16 14 15 14 13 14 15
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P P P P P P P P P
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) UNTIL 0800, THEN
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) UNTIL 0900, THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) UNTIL 1100, THEN
MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW
UNTIL 0700. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 0700
UNTIL 0800. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW UNTIL 1100.
CWR.................6 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 24.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 41
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800, THEN 2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 28 TO 36 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1000, 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 (%).........50 49 57 44 31 18 17 16 15 16 16 17
WEATHER COV.....CHC SCH PTY PTY PTY
WEATHER TYPE....SN SN BSN BSN BSN
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 20 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............15 15 15 18 20 21 23 24 24 23 22 21
RH..............79 76 72 64 59 56 52 52 53 54 56 60
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 18 18 18 18
20 FT WIND GUST.39 39 40 41 41 41 40 39 38 38 38 38
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.5 1.4 1.7 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.2 1.6 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W NW NW W W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.28 29 31 33 32 31 35 36 36 35 32 31
VRATE KT-FT/1K..14 13 39 49 62 67 82 84 87 66 46 28
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P F G G G G G G F P
FORECASTER...66
REQUESTED BY...QUENTIN PEARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/28/26
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