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Spot Forecast for Hightop...USFS
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
157 PM MST Tue Jan 27 2026

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

.DISCUSSION...An upper level ridge will pass across the region
tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures will be relatively mild on
Wednesday, however smoke dispersal is expected to be poor due to
light winds and an increase of clouds. It would be a stretch to
get just an hour or two of fair dispersion given the light winds.

Better (Good to Very Good) smoke dispersion is expected Thursday.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) until 0700, then
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent) until 1500, then
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
CWR.................8 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 30.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 11 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 1300, then 1600 ft AGL
                    until 1600, then Below 1000 FT AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 14 mph until 1000. West 13 to 18
                    mph after 1200.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........52  47  42  37  33  29  34  38  43  51  64  64
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
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  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............-1  0   2   7   13  20  24  28  29  30  29  26
RH..............79  79  72  60  48  37  33  30  32  31  34  40
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   8   8   8   7   8   8   8   9   9
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  14  14  15  14  15  15  16  17  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.5 0.8 0.2
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  SW  S   SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.12  12  10  10  10  12  13  15  16  17  16  14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..0   0   0   0   1   6   10  17  22  22  12  3
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy with chance of snow. Lows around 11. Highs in the
lower 20s. West winds around 11 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow. Lows around 8. Highs in the
mid 20s. West winds around 7 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10. Highs in the lower 30s. Southwest
winds around 8 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Barjenbruch
Requested by...John Auther
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601156.0/BOU
.DELDT 01/27/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL John.auther@usda.gov