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Spot Forecast for Airport Fire...South Metro Fire Rescue
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
528 AM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

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

.DISCUSSION...Isolated to scattered showers are expected to
develop this afternoon. The most likely time for a shower or weak
thunderstorm will be between 2-7 PM, with variable/gusty winds as
the main hazard. Hot and dry weather is expected through the day
with high temperatures in the low to mid 90s, while relative
humidity falls to as low as 10-15 percent. Southwesterly winds
this morning are forecast to shift to the northwest by late
morning or early afternoon.

A weak cold front is expected to push towards the location
overnight tonight, with better RH recovery forecast. Winds will
weaken through the overnight and may eventually shift to the north
or northeast closer to Wednesday morning. Cooler weather is
forecast for Wednesday, along with increased chances of showers
and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (5-15 percent) until 1200, then
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent) until 1400, then
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms after 1500.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........13 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 11 mph until 0900.
                    Northwest 7 to 12 mph after 1100. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after
                    1500.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL until 0900, then 3700 ft AGL until
                    1000, then 10000 ft AGL until 1100, then 14000
                    ft AGL until 1500, then 11300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 11 to 16 mph until 0900, then
                    northwest 13 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900, then fair until 1000, then
                    very good until 1100, then excellent.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10  8   7   6   8   12  30  40  52  59  49  53
Weather cov.....                                    SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                                    RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                    SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  15  20  20  20
Temp............67  68  74  82  89  91  94  92  91  92  91  90
RH..............41  40  33  25  17  16  13  14  15  16  16  17
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  W   NW  NW  N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   8   8   8   10  10  10  10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  13  13  13  16  16  16  16  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.2 1.4 3.7 10  13  14  15  13  11  11  11
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   NW
Transp wind spd.14  14  12  13  16  18  20  20  17  18  20  18
Vrate kt-ft/1K..13  14  14  40  141 205 241 249 190 181 179 175
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   F   VG  E   E   E   E   E   E   E

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) until 2000, then
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
CWR.................4 percent.
Chance of thunder...13 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 13 mph until 2000, then
                    west 5 to 8 mph until 0500, then northwest
                    around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......7900 ft AGL until 1900, then 4300 ft AGL until
                    2000, then 1000 ft AGL until 0300, then Below
                    1000 FT AGL until 0400, then 1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 18 mph until 2400, then 8 to 11 mph
                    until 0200, then light until 0300, then north 8
                    to 9 mph until 0500, then light.
Smoke dispersal.....Very good until 1900. Poor after 0400.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........51  57  49  43  39  33  29  26  20  19  25  29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).15  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............88  84  80  76  73  70  69  67  66  64  63  62
RH..............20  25  30  34  38  44  45  50  52  58  60  65
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..12  9   8   8   8   7   6   6   5   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.18  15  13  13  13  12  9   9   7   9   9   7
Mix hgt (kft)...7.9 4.3 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW  N   N   NW
Transp wind spd.18  15  10  10  10  10  8   8   7   7   6   6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..126 55  12  9   10  9   7   7   6   6   5   5
SmokeDispersion.VG  F   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

$$
Forecaster...Hiris
Requested by...Jenn
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2518011.0/BOU
.DELDT 07/15/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL mike.burke@southmetro.org,angie.johnson@southmetro.org,jenn.schmidt@southmetro.org