Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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Spot Forecast for Ron King Fire...OTHER
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
239 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION... There are currently north-northwest winds sustained
at 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Shortly after 2pm, a cold front
will move through shifting the winds to northeast with gusts up to
30 mph behind it. Winds will then be out of the northeast until
around 6pm. There are also weak thunderstorms currently around
the area with cloud to ground lightning. The chance for storms
will continue through the afternoon with lightning the main
threat.
Tonight, much more moisture will arrive and humidity will increase
substantially. Tomorrow morning will be cool and cloudy with
afternoon storms likely.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 94.
Min humidity........16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 9 to 14 mph with gusts to
around 21 mph until 1700, then around 10 mph.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......10500 ft AGL until 1700, then 6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 20 mph until 1700, then
southwest around 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent until 1600. Good after 1700.
TIME (MDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........51 60 64
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10 10 10
Chc of thdr (%).20 20 20
Temp............90 87 87
RH..............17 19 21
20 FT wind dir..NW NE NE
20 FT wind spd..13 10 10
20 FT wind gust.21 16 16
Mix hgt (kft)...11 9.3 6.1
Transp wind dir.NW NW SW
Transp wind spd.18 16 14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..172 131 73
SmokeDispersion.E VG G
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) until 1900, then
partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
CWR.................4 percent.
Chance of thunder...13 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 9 to 14 mph until 2000, then
southwest 5 to 13 mph until 0100, then west 5
to 7 mph until 0300, then northwest.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL until 1900. Below 1000 FT AGL after
2000.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 13 mph until 2300, then west 8
to 10 mph until 0100, then light until 0200,
then northwest 8 to 9 mph until 0400, then
north.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1900. Poor after 2300.
TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........57 50 48 39 41 32 28 30 26 22 27 34
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chc of thdr (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............84 81 78 74 71 69 67 65 65 64 62 61
RH..............25 26 32 37 42 45 48 53 55 59 62 66
20 FT wind dir..W W SW SW W W W W W NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..12 10 8 7 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 5
20 FT wind gust.18 16 13 12 12 12 12 9 7 9 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 2.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW W NW SW W NW N N
Transp wind spd.13 13 8 9 9 7 7 6 6 7 7 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..61 25 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
SmokeDispersion.G P P P P P P P P P P P
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy(50-60 percent). Chance of
thunderstorms after 1200 until 1500. Showers
likely after 1200. Thunderstorms likely after
1500.
CWR.................2 percent increasing to 65 percent in the
afternoon.
Chance of thunder...69 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph until 0700, then
variable up to 5 mph until 1100, then northeast
5 to 8 mph until 1400, then east around 8 mph
until 1500, then southeast 9 to 14 mph. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
after 1200 until 1500Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms after 1500.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0800. 4400 ft AGL after
1200.
Transport winds.....West around 8 mph until 0800, then light until
1200, then northeast 8 to 11 mph until 1400,
then southwest around 14 mph until 1500, then
southeast 13 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1300, then fair until 1700, then
poor.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37 44 46 51 47 63 81 81 81 81 81 81
Weather cov..... LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 60 60 60 70 70 70
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 10 10 10 50 50 50 70 70 70
Temp............61 63 65 68 76 80 82 83 80 78 78 75
RH..............68 65 65 61 45 41 36 35 39 43 43 49
20 FT wind dir..W W SW S E NE NE E E SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..5 2 2 3 3 5 7 7 8 10 12 12
20 FT wind gust.7 3 3 6 6 7 12 12 13 16 18 18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.7 1.3 1.6 2.2 3.1 5.0 5.4 4.1 3.7 3.7 2.9
Transp wind dir.W W NW W SE N N NE SW S SE SE
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 3 5 6 8 9 14 17 14 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 3 5 5 9 15 35 44 49 55 44 38
SmokeDispersion.P P P P P P P F F F F P
$$
Forecaster...Danielson
Requested by...Justin Rogers
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518072.0/BOU
.DELDT 07/15/25
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.EMAIL justin.rogers@southmetro.org