Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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FNUS75 KBOU 061205
FWSBOU
Spot Forecast for Front Country RX...NPS
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
505 AM MST Thu Mar 6 2025
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...Two more rounds of snow are expected for the area
between Thursday and Friday, with the next arriving this afternoon.
Total accumulations are forecast to be between 4-6" through late
Friday night. Strong winds are not expected with this system, with
gusts remaining under 20 mph through Friday. Beyond that, winds
don`t look to increase until late Sunday/early Monday, but should
remain under 25 mph. Smoke dispersal will be fair late this
morning and into the afternoon.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
snow until 1200, then snow.
CWR.................10 percent increasing to 29 percent.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Chance of thunder...9 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable up to 5 mph until 1100, then south to
southwest 5 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 20 mph until 1500, then 9 to 14
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then fair until 1400, then
poor.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........68 73 72 68 69 71 69 75 82 85 86 90
Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10 10 0 0 0 10 20 20 30 30 30 20
Chc of pcpn (%).20 20 10 10 10 10 30 40 60 80 80 80
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Temp............28 30 33 37 40 43 43 42 43 42 40 39
RH..............80 76 67 59 52 49 51 52 52 53 54 54
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW W S SW S S S S S SW
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 5 7 7 7 7 6 5 5
20 FT wind gust.5 6 6 6 8 10 10 12 12 9 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.9 1.9 2.4 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.1 3.0 2.4
Transp wind dir.SW W W SW SW SW SW SW S SW W W
Transp wind spd.15 15 16 17 20 16 16 15 12 9 13 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..25 25 27 36 56 51 49 49 36 25 33 27
SmokeDispersion.P P P P F F F F P P P P
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Snow until 2000,
then snow likely until 2300, then chance of
snow.
CWR.................24 percent decreasing to 3 percent late in the
evening.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Chance of thunder...9 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 18.
Max humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7 to 15 mph with gusts to around 24
mph.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 23 mph until 2300, then 26 to 31
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 2300, then fair.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........88 88 78 78 78 69 68 68 69 69 69 70
Weather cov.....DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of pcpn (%).80 80 70 70 70 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
Chc of thdr (%).10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............34 32 30 28 27 26 25 26 24 23 23 22
RH..............60 60 60 63 63 66 63 58 58 62 62 65
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..6 8 10 12 12 13 14 15 15 15 14 3
20 FT wind gust.9 13 16 20 18 20 21 23 24 24 22 6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.15 17 17 20 23 26 29 30 30 29 29 28
Vrate kt-ft/1K..25 29 29 32 38 45 48 50 50 48 48 46
SmokeDispersion.P P P P P F F F F F F F
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Snow.
CWR.................3 percent increasing to 67 percent late in the
morning, then decreasing to 24 percent late in
the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Chance of thunder...4 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 32.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable up to 5 mph until 1000, then north
around 5 mph until 1100, then northeast 5 to 8
mph until 1400, then east.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 17 to 26 mph until 1000, then 10 to 15 mph
until 1200, then light until 1300, then east 8
to 11 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair until 0700, then poor until 0900, then
fair until 1200, then poor.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........73 78 82 85 88 89 90 91 91 88 87 89
Weather cov.....CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC
Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 70 70 70 70 70 70 20
Chc of pcpn (%).50 50 60 60 60 80 80 80 80 80 80 50
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............19 22 23 28 30 31 30 30 30 29 28 26
RH..............72 67 64 52 50 48 54 54 56 55 58 62
20 FT wind dir..W W W W N NE NE NE E E E E
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 6 5 5
20 FT wind gust.3 3 3 6 7 9 12 12 12 9 7 15
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.9 2.0 3.6 3.9 4.9 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W NE E E E E E
Transp wind spd.26 21 18 17 13 12 7 8 8 8 8 8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..44 34 32 54 43 49 24 25 26 25 24 23
SmokeDispersion.F P P F F F P P P P P P
$$
Forecaster...Meier
Requested by...Nathan Hallam
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505027.0/BOU
.DELDT 03/06/25
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.EMAIL nathan_hallam@nps.gov,matthew_pearson@nps.gov