Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
193 FNUS75 KBOU 251028 FWSBOU Spot Forecast for Turkey tracks 5...USFS National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 428 AM MDT Wed Sep 25 2024 If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Warm and dry conditions are expected today. Temperatures should end up about 5-10 degrees warmer than Tuesday, with relative humidity a little bit lower. Lightly south- southwesterly flow is expected to transition to a modest southeasterly wind late this morning or early afternoon. Winds should generally remain less than 10 mph, but a couple of gusts into the 15-20 mph range will be possible during the afternoon hours. Winds will transition back to a steady southerly wind overnight tonight, with relative humidity recovering back to around 60%. Warm and dry weather will continue on Thursday... perhaps a touch warmer and drier than today. Winds will likely end up with more of a northeasterly direction Thursday afternoon with slightly stronger speeds than today. A similar pattern should continue into the weekend. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 77. Min humidity........17 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph until 0900, then light, then southeast 5 to 10 mph after 1400. Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 1000. 6900 ft AGL after 1200. Transport winds.....South around 8 mph until 1100, then southwest 8 to 12 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1400, then fair until 1500, then good until 1700, then fair. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............48 46 48 56 64 68 73 74 75 76 75 73 RH..............57 61 57 45 32 26 22 19 19 18 20 22 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW S S S S S SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..6 6 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 7 9 8 20 FT wind gust.9 9 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 11 14 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 2.4 4.2 5.4 6.4 7.3 7.6 7.6 5.3 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW S Transp wind spd.8 7 6 6 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 4 3 4 10 17 27 38 51 61 68 48 SmokeDispersion.P P P P P P P P F G G F .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 47. Max humidity........61 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 12 mph until 2000, then south until 2400, then southwest 5 to 13 mph. Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL until 1900. Below 1000 FT AGL after 2000. Transport winds.....South 10 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............71 66 62 58 57 54 53 52 50 49 48 48 RH..............25 30 36 42 43 48 52 52 56 58 59 60 20 FT wind dir..SE SE S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 20 FT wind gust.15 15 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 Mix hgt (kft)...2.5 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 Transp wind dir.S S S S SW SW SW S S S SW SW Transp wind spd.12 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 13 15 14 13 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Vrate kt-ft/1K..25 9 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 7 SmokeDispersion.P P P P P P P P P P P P .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (5-15 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 78. Min humidity........16 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 12 mph until 1000, then north. Northeast 7 to 12 mph after 1400. Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 1000, then 2200 ft AGL until 1100, then 5100 ft AGL until 1200, then 9500 ft AGL until 1700, then 5600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 13 mph until 1000, then northwest 8 to 12 mph until 1600, then north around 10 mph until 1700, then northeast. Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1200, then fair until 1300, then good until 1700, then fair. Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........3 2 2 1 2 2 3 5 8 10 16 21 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............48 47 52 58 66 71 75 77 78 78 77 76 RH..............61 61 55 46 31 23 19 17 17 17 18 19 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW W NW N N NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 9 20 FT wind gust.12 12 12 12 9 12 12 13 15 15 16 15 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 2.2 5.1 7.9 8.7 9.6 11 8.0 5.6 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NE Transp wind spd.12 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 Haines index....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 5 4 7 16 35 55 67 80 94 72 50 SmokeDispersion.P P P P P P F G G G G F .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY... Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds around 7 mph. .SATURDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds around 6 mph. .SUNDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds around 7 mph. $$ Forecaster...Hiris Requested by...Austin Nuss Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2423003.0/BOU .DELDT 09/25/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Austin.Nuss@usda.gov