Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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Spot Forecast for Magic Feather Rx....USFS
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
549 AM MDT Fri Mar 28 2025
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...One more warm and mainly dry day is expected, but a
change is coming for late in the afternoon but especially by
tonight. Southwest to west winds will prevail again, with gusts
near 20-24 mph off and on through the day. High based showers will
once again develop late in the afternoon, producing nothing more
than a couple sprinkles but gusty and erratic outflow winds to 30
mph. So, be on the lookout once again for this virga, mainly after
1400-1500.
More widespread precipitation is expected to develop tonight,
mixing with or changing to snow. While precipitation decreases
early Saturday morning, another round of snow, this time with some
accumulation, can be expected late Saturday afternoon through
early Sunday morning.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) until 1200, then
mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers after 1500 until 1700, then chance
of rain showers.
CWR.................7 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........24-26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South/southwest winds 5 to 12 mph until 0900,
then west 7 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 20-24 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0900. 6600 ft AGL after
1300.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 13 mph until 1000, then west 20
to 25 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then good until 1200, then
very good until 1300, then excellent until
1400, then very good until 1700, then good.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........63 62 53 46 43 46 55 66 77 86 86 93
Weather cov..... SCH SCH CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 30
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............42 39 43 47 52 53 56 56 56 58 56 54
RH..............41 47 43 39 34 32 29 29 29 28 31 36
20 FT wind dir..S S SW SW W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..8 7 6 6 7 9 10 10 12 12 12 12
20 FT wind gust.13 12 9 9 12 15 16 16 18 18 18 18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.6 0.7 1.6 4.5 5.3 6.4 7.5 7.5 7.0 5.7 5.1
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.13 12 8 9 20 22 24 25 23 22 21 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8 6 5 13 77 100 135 166 150 134 104 87
SmokeDispersion.P P P P G G VG E VG VG VG G
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers until
2400, then rain and snow showers likely.
CWR.................33 percent increasing to 47 percent overnight.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Chance of thunder...7 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 33.
Max humidity........89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 13 mph until 0100, then
variable up to 5 mph until 0200, then west 5 to
7 mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL until 1900, then 1800 ft AGL until
2000, then Below 1000 FT AGL until 2100, then
1100 ft AGL until 2300, then Below 1000 FT AGL
until 0100, then 1100 ft AGL until 0200, then
Below 1000 FT AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair until 1900, then poor.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........94 93 97 100 100 100 100 99 97 96 95 93
Weather cov.....CHC LKY LKY DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RS SW SW SW SW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30 30 30 30 30 30 50 50 50 40 40 40
Chc of pcpn (%).50 60 70 80 80 70 70 70 70 60 60 60
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............52 46 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 34 33
RH..............42 57 67 70 73 79 79 79 82 82 85 89
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W SW W W W
20 FT wind spd..10 8 7 6 6 5 5 3 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.16 13 12 9 9 7 7 6 7 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 1.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.17 18 18 18 16 13 12 10 12 13 9 12
Vrate kt-ft/1K..54 29 14 18 16 10 8 10 7 9 6 8
SmokeDispersion.F P P P P P P P P P P P
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of snow
showers until 1200, then snow showers likely.
CWR.................17 percent.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Chance of thunder...8 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 48.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph until 1100, then
northwest 8 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0700. 5400 ft AGL after
1100.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then fair until 1100, then
good until 1600, then fair.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........92 84 77 70 64 59 80 80 80 80 80 84
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Chc of pcpn (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 70 70 70 70 70 70
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............33 34 35 38 42 43 45 46 47 47 47 45
RH..............85 82 75 65 55 51 46 42 39 40 41 43
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..5 6 6 7 8 9 10 12 10 10 9 8
20 FT wind gust.7 9 9 12 13 15 16 18 16 16 15 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.5 1.5 2.2 3.1 4.6 5.1 6.0 5.7 5.5 4.8 4.0
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.13 13 15 16 16 20 16 16 16 16 14 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..10 17 19 31 43 78 71 84 81 77 59 43
SmokeDispersion.P P P P F G G G G G F F
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the upper 30s. West
winds around 8 mph.
.MONDAY...
Mostly cloudy with chance of snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the upper 40s. Southwest winds around 8 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Snow showers. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the lower 40s. West
winds around 12 mph.
$$
Forecaster...Barjenbruch
Requested by...Mark Herrington
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2507523.4/BOU
.DELDT 03/28/25
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.EMAIL mark.herrington@usda.gov