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Spot Forecast for Strawberry Rx Forest Service...Forest Service
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
455 AM MST Thu Jan 29 2026

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

.DISCUSSION...There will be a chance of light snow today at the
burn area with little or no accumulation expected. A slight
chance of light snow can also be expected both tonight and Friday
with no accumulations. West winds gusting to around 20 mph are
possible today, then weaker variable to west winds are forecast
tonight and Friday.  There will be a few hours of good smoke
dispersal this afternoon but only 3 hours of fair smoke dispersal
on Friday afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of snow
                    until 1400, then slight chance of snow.
CWR.................12 percent.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 22.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph
                    early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0700, then 2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 17 to 25 mph until 1200, then 21 to 28 mph
                    until 1700, then around 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then fair until 1100, then
                    good until 1600, then fair until 1700, then
                    poor.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........94  93  92  91  90  89  83  78  72  67  61  56
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of pcpn (%).50  50  40  40  40  30  30  30  20  20  20  20
Chc of thdr (%).M   M   M   M   M   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............13  13  13  14  16  19  20  20  22  20  20  18
RH..............86  83  83  80  77  68  66  63  60  63  66  68
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   8   9   10  12  12  13  13  12  9
20 FT wind gust.13  13  13  13  15  16  18  18  21  21  18  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 2.5 1.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.18  17  20  21  24  25  28  26  24  24  21  17
Vrate kt-ft/1K..15  16  26  37  54  65  85  75  68  69  46  19
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   F   G   G   G   G   G   F   P

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow until 0500.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 10 above.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph until 0500, then variable
                    up to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........55  54  68  63  59  55  62  69  76  78  79  86
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  0
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............15  14  14  13  13  12  12  12  13  13  13  12
RH..............74  78  78  81  82  82  82  82  79  79  85  89
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..8   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.13  9   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.14  15  12  12  12  10  9   10  12  10  10  9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9   9   6   7   7   6   5   7   8   7   7   5
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow after 1100 until 1700.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 24.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph until 0800, then 5 to 7
                    mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0900, then 2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1200, then fair until 1500, then
                    poor.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........88  89  90  89  84  78  75  73  70  71  73  74
Weather cov.....                    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                    SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10  0
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20  20  10
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............12  11  12  15  18  20  22  24  24  23  22  21
RH..............89  92  86  79  72  70  68  63  66  70  73  77
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   5   5   6   7   7   7   6   7
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   7   7   9   12  12  12  9   15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.8 0.8 1.4 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.2 1.7 1.2
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   12  12  13  18  18  17  16  15  14
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   6   6   14  18  23  41  41  41  31  22  15
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   P   P   F   F   F   P   P   P

$$
Forecaster...66
Requested by...James Cholewinski
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2601174.1/BOU
.DELDT 01/29/26
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.EMAIL James.kimball-cholewinski@usda.gov