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Spot Forecast for Devils Creek...USFS
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
609 AM MST Thu Jan 9 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...An area of snow showers will pass this morning. Any
accumulation will be less than 2 inches. It will be windy, with
some decrease in speeds in the late afternoon. Skies will clear
this evening with winds becoming westerly.

It will remain windy on Friday. Mixing will be shallower, but
there should still be a few hours of fair smoke dispersal.
Saturday looks like another breezy day with a chance of light
snow. Sunday and Monday will have lighter winds with limited
mixing.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of snow
                    until 1200, then slight chance of snow until
                    1600.
Max temperature.....Around 19.
Min humidity........66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 15 to 23 mph with gusts to
                    around 35 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 2000 ft AGL by 0900 and 4000 ft AGL by 1200, then 1300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 22 to 30 mph.

TIME (MST)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........80  81  83  82  81  82  81  79  72  66  58
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Temp............19  19  19  19  19  19  18  18  18  17  15
RH..............73  69  70  70  70  70  72  69  66  67  69
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..22  21  20  18  18  18  18  20  18  17  15
20 FT wind gust.35  33  31  30  30  30  30  31  30  28  24
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 1.8 2.5 3.1 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.6 4.4 2.5 1.3
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.30  29  29  30  30  29  29  29  30  26  22

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 8 above.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
                    around 20 mph until 2300, then west 12 to 17
                    mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 21 to 28 mph.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........44  40  26  17  13  6   5   5   4   6   6   6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............14  12  11  10  10  9   9   8   10  10  10  10
RH..............70  75  78  76  73  72  69  69  59  57  56  53
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..14  13  12  12  12  12  13  13  14  15  15  16
20 FT wind gust.22  21  18  18  18  18  21  21  22  24  24  25
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.21  21  22  21  22  22  22  22  24  25  26  28

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 31.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 14 to 22 mph with gusts to around 31
                    mph.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 26 to 33 mph.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   9   11  12  14  15  16  17  19  20  21  22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............9   11  13  19  23  26  28  29  30  30  29  28
RH..............56  51  49  43  38  38  40  39  41  42  43  46
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..16  17  18  18  17  17  17  18  20  18  18  20
20 FT wind gust.25  28  30  30  28  28  28  30  31  30  30  31
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.2
Transp wind dir.W   NW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.26  26  28  28  28  30  30  32  33  32  31  30

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Windy. Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow. Lows in the lower 20s.
Highs in the upper 20s. West winds 20 to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy with chance of snow. Lows around 14. Highs in the
mid 20s. West winds 10-20 mph.
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows around 10. Highs in the mid 20s. West winds
10-15 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Gimmestad
Requested by...Burn Boss
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500259.0/BOU
.DELDT 01/09/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dennis.finnegan@usda.gov,daniel.cobos@usda.gov