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FNUS75 KBOU 281946
FWSBOU
SPOT FORECAST FOR APACHE FIRE...JEFFCOM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
146 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2026
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
COOL AND RELATIVELY MOIST CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REST
OF TODAY. SCATTERED BUT MOSTLY LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE AREA,
BUT THE CHANCE OF ANY WETTING RAIN (GREATER THAN A TENTH OF AN
INCH) IS LOW. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE, BUT JUST A
10-15% CHANCE BETWEEN NOW AND 6 PM. WINDS ARE VARIABLE IN THE AREA
RIGHT NOW, BUT SHOULD TURN MORE NORTH OR NORTHWESTERLY THROUGH 4 PM.
LIGHT WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH ANY LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE
AREA ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE VERY GOOD.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
AND SNOW SHOWERS, AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................7 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 19 TO 24 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1500, THEN VERY GOOD.
TIME (MDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........58 63 68 62
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RS RS RS RS
TSTM COV........SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10 10 10 10
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 20 20
TEMP............47 47 47 46
RH..............40 37 36 38
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW W
20 FT WIND SPD..4 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.8 13 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...8.2 6.8 7.0 6.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W
TRANSP WIND SPD.23 20 21 20
VRATE KT-FT/1K..165 116 127 115
SMOKEDISPERSION.E VG VG VG
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) UNTIL 2000, THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 2100.
CWR.................6 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...9 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 2100, THEN VARIABLE
UP TO 5 MPH UNTIL 2300, THEN SOUTHWEST AROUND 5
MPH UNTIL 0300, THEN VARIABLE UP TO 5 MPH UNTIL
0400, THEN SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL UNTIL 2000, THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 19 MPH UNTIL 2000, THEN LIGHT UNTIL
2200, THEN NORTHEAST 8 TO 9 MPH UNTIL 2400,
THEN LIGHT UNTIL 0100, THEN SOUTHWEST 8 TO 9
MPH UNTIL 0500, THEN LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2100.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........56 51 48 41 41 50 48 49 52 45 43 44
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RS RS SW
TSTM COV........
CWR.............10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............45 43 38 36 35 34 33 33 32 31 31 31
RH..............41 45 57 61 66 69 72 69 75 75 72 72
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W S SW W W SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.12 9 7 6 6 6 6 6
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.7 4.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W N NE NE N SW SW SW SW SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.18 15 7 5 6 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
VRATE KT-FT/1K..91 60 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
SMOKEDISPERSION.G G P P P P P P P P P P
FORECASTER...BARJENBRUCH
REQUESTED BY...DEPUTY GARDNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611974.0/BOU
.DELDT 04/28/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL AVERY.WYSE@JEFFCOM911CO.GOV
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