530  
FNUS75 KBOU 121200  
FWSBOU  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR GREEN MOUNTAIN RX...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO  
600 AM MDT FRI JUN 12 2026  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
IT WILL BE HOT AND DRY TODAY WITH RH DROPPING INTO  
THE SINGLE DIGITS AFTER POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES LAST NIGHT.  
WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME OBS TO COMPARE TO WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE IF  
YOU GET SOME TODAY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY VERY CLOSE TO YOUR  
LOCATION. UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY MID MORNING WITH  
EFFICIENT MIXING TO BRING EXCELLENT SMOKE DISPERSAL BY 1100.  
MODELS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH OVERMIXING THE PAST FEW DAYS, SO  
WHILE THE FORECAST DOESN'T HAVE STRONGER WINDS IN PLACE THERE IS A  
CHANCE THAT THE BURN LOCATION COULD SEE SOME STRONGER GUSTS  
(25-30 MPH) WITH THE BETTER MIXING AFTER 1100 THROUGH THE  
AFTERNOON. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TODAY.  
 
A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING COOLER TEMPS AND INCREASED RH ON  
SATURDAY, BUT IT SHOULD STILL BE IN THE 20-25% RANGE. UPSLOPE  
WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS LOCATION THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A  
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS OR WEAK  
THUNDERSTORMS. THERE WILL BE VERY LOW CHANCES FOR ANY WETTING  
RAINS UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN YOU COULD SEE A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF  
PRECIPITATION WITH RH VALUES INCREASING TO 50-60%. WARMER AND  
DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FROM MONDAY THROUGH MIDWEEK.  
MONDAY LOOKS TO SEE RH IN THE MID 30% RANGE BEFORE DRYING INTO  
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.  
MIN HUMIDITY........9 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 1000. WEST 10  
TO 15 MPH AFTER 1600.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0800. 14300 FT AGL  
AFTER 1300.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 16 MPH UNTIL 1000, THEN 23 TO 28  
MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 0900, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1000, THEN  
VERY GOOD UNTIL 1100, THEN EXCELLENT.  
 
TIME (MDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........2 1 2 4 7 11 15 16 18 19 19  
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............51 56 63 71 75 78 80 81 81 81 80  
RH..............32 26 20 14 11 10 10 9 9 9 10  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 7 7 8 10 10 12 12 12 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.12 9 12 12 13 16 16 18 18 18 18  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.4 4.2 7.0 9.9 12 13 14 14 14 14  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 16 23 25 28 26 26 24 24 23  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 14 59 139 218 294 306 314 301 296 273  
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P F VG E E E E E E E  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.  
MAX HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH UNTIL 2200, THEN  
WEST 5 TO 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......12900 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. BELOW 1000 FT AGL  
AFTER 2100.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 TO 23 MPH UNTIL 2000, THEN AROUND 9 MPH  
UNTIL 2100, THEN LIGHT UNTIL 2200, THEN WEST 8  
TO 12 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2000, THEN POOR.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........20 21 18 16 15 14 9 12 10 11 9 8  
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............79 78 71 65 62 59 58 57 55 53 53 52  
RH..............10 10 13 17 19 21 21 21 23 25 26 28  
20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW W W W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 9 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 15 9 7 7 9 9 9 9 12 9 9  
MIX HGT (KFT)...13 9.7 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 18 9 7 8 9 8 9 9 10 10 9  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..244 155 9 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4  
SMOKEDISPERSION.E E P P P P P P P P P P  
   
SATURDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT) UNTIL 1300, THEN  
PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) UNTIL 1400, THEN  
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1700.  
CWR.................5 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...17 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.  
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 0700, THEN  
VARIABLE UP TO 5 MPH UNTIL 0900, THEN NORTHEAST  
5 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1700.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0700. 6800 FT AGL AFTER  
1100.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 9 MPH UNTIL 0700, THEN LIGHT UNTIL  
0800, THEN NORTH AROUND 8 MPH UNTIL 0900, THEN  
WEST 9 TO 16 MPH UNTIL 1400, THEN NORTHEAST 11  
TO 16 MPH UNTIL 1700, THEN EAST.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1100, THEN  
GOOD UNTIL 1300, THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 1400,  
THEN GOOD UNTIL 1500, THEN FAIR UNTIL 1600,  
THEN GOOD.  
 
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........7 5 3 5 6 10 21 46 64 65 68 61  
WEATHER COV..... SCH  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH  
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 10 20  
TEMP............51 52 55 60 65 69 72 73 73 74 73 71  
RH..............30 32 31 28 26 23 21 21 23 23 25 29  
20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.7 6 6 7 9 12 13 13 15 16 16 16  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.2 2.0 3.5 4.3 5.8 6.7 8.1 6.3 5.1 5.8 6.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W N N W W W W W NE E NE E  
TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 8 9 12 14 14 16 14 12 15 16  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 7 14 28 43 69 80 113 76 51 75 89  
SMOKEDISPERSION.P P P P F G G VG G F G G  
   
OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY JUNE 19 THROUGH THURSDAY JUNE 25  
 
 
FORECASTER...BONNER  
REQUESTED BY...JAMES PILSMAKER  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2615310.2/BOU  
.DELDT 06/12/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JAMES.PILSMAKER@USDA.GOV  
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