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Spot Forecast for Bison Dr....Mountain View Fire Rescue
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
1141 AM MDT Thu Apr 18 2024

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

.DISCUSSION...It will remain mostly cloudy with a chance of snow
showers.  Minimum humidity will be around 70%.  Winds will be light
from the east at 5-7 mph.  Smoke dispersal will be poor through
the afternoon.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers until 0400.
then a slight chance of snow showers.  Winds will be light east
around 5 mph until 2400, then light and variable.  Smoke dispersal
will remain poor.

Friday will be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow
showers until 1200.  After 1200 rain and snow showers will be
likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms.  Minimum humidity
will be around 50%.  Light and variable winds until 0900, then
northeast 6-12 mph.  Smoke dispersal will be poor all day.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers.
CWR.................25 percent.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 31.
Min humidity........72%.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5-7 mph.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........87  86  86  86  86  85
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCT SCT SCT
Weather type....SW  SW  SW  SW  RS  RS
Tstm cov........
CWR.............30  30  30  30  30  30
Chc of pcpn (%).40  40  40  30  30  30
Temp............25  27  28  27  29  27
RH..............100 98  93  95  93  100
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.15  15  15  15  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.7
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  E   SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   9   9   9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..11  11  11  12  10  9
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   P   P

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers until 0400, then
                    slight chance of snow showers.
CWR.................15 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 29.
Max humidity........100%.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5-6 mph until 2400 then variable
                    up to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL until 0100, then Below 1000 FT AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8-9 mph until 2300, then light until
                    0400, then north 8-9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........85  84  81  79  79  79  79  78  77  76  73  74
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RS  RS  RS  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20  20
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  30  20  20
Temp............27  29  29  34  33  32  32  31  30  30  29  29
RH..............100 93  89  72  78  81  81  85  88  88  92  92
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  E   N   NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   5   5   5   5   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   9   9   7   7   6   6   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   NE  N   N   NW
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   7
Vrate kt-ft/1K..8   7   7   6   8   8   6   5   4   3   3   4
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow
                    showers until 1200, then rain showers, snow
                    showers likely and slight chance of
                    thunderstorms.
CWR.................46 percent.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 46.
Min humidity........54%.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable up to 5 mph until 0900, then northeast
                    4-12 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms after 1200.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0800, then 2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds until 0700, then northwest 8-11 mph
                    until 1400, then northeast.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........57  57  57  57  63  68  74  77  81  84  88  92
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....SW  SW  RS  RS  RS  RS  RS  RS  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............50  50  50  50  50  50  50  50  50  50  50  50
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  20  20  20  20  60  60  60  60  60  60
Temp............29  29  31  34  37  40  41  41  43  45  44  41
RH..............87  91  88  83  74  66  61  61  57  54  56  59
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..2   3   3   5   6   6   7   8   9   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.5   6   6   7   8   10  12  13  13  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.9 1.1 1.4 2.0 2.6 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.3 1.9 1.5
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   NE  NE  N
Transp wind spd.7   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..4   6   9   12  17  21  24  24  22  18  15  11
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

$$
Forecaster...RPK
Requested by...Paul Ostroy
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411337.0/BOU
.DELDT 04/18/24
.FormatterVersion 1.0.26
.EMAIL POSTROY@MVFPD.ORG


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