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Spot Forecast for Shooting Range RX...USFS
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
138 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024

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

.DISCUSSION...Moderately strong westerly winds are expected this
afternoon as the light snow showers continue to decrees.  Breezy west
to southwesterly winds will continue overnight and on Wednesday.
The chance of snow will increase over the area by Wednesday night.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy(60-65%). Slight chance of snow
                    showers until 1500.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 41.
Min humidity........54%.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 13-19 mph with gusts to around 31
                    mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 27-32 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1500, then very good until 1600,
                    then good.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72  67  61  56
Weather cov.....SCH
Weather type....SW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10
Chc of pcpn (%).20  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1
Temp............39  39  41  40
RH..............65  62  56  57
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..14  17  18  17
20 FT wind gust.31  30  30  28
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 4.0 3.8 3.9
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.31  31  29  28
Haines index....3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..98  107 95  94
SmokeDispersion.G   VG  G   G

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy(30-40%).
CWR.................2 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 28.
Max humidity........76%.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12-18 mph with gusts to around 28
                    mph until 2100, then southwest 9-13 mph with
                    gusts to around 21 mph.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL until 2000. Below 1000 FT AGL after
                    2100.
Transport winds.....West 13-22 mph until 0300, then 9-14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1900, then poor.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........49  41  36  40  35  29  33  23  22  23  21  18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............40  38  34  31  30  30  29  29  29  28  28  28
RH..............54  56  67  72  73  75  74  76  71  73  70  71
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..16  15  14  12  12  12  12  10  10  10  9   10
20 FT wind gust.28  25  25  21  21  21  21  18  18  16  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 2.1 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.22  18  17  14  14  14  14  13  13  12  10  10
Haines index....2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..61  34  16  6   3   4   5   5   5   5   3   2
SmokeDispersion.G   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny until 0800, then partly
                    cloudy(35-45%) until 1100, then mostly
                    cloudy(50-60%).
CWR.................4 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........33%.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 7-15 mph with gusts to around 24 mph
                    until 1000, then 16-22 mph with gusts to around
                    31 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0700. 6300 ft AGL after
                    1100.
Transport winds.....West 12-20 mph until 0900. 26-33 mph after
                    1200.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0800, then fair until 0900, then
                    good until 1000, then very good until 1200,
                    then excellent until 1600, then very good.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........16  23  29  38  46  52  60  59  57  55  53  51
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............28  28  33  37  44  47  48  50  51  52  53  53
RH..............67  73  62  57  44  39  38  36  35  34  33  34
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   9   13  15  17  17  18  20  20  20  20  18
20 FT wind gust.9   15  21  24  28  28  30  31  31  31  31  30
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 1.6 2.6 3.6 4.5 5.3 5.8 6.3 6.6 6.5 5.9 5.0
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.12  15  20  23  28  31  33  33  33  31  29  26
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   21  44  72  106 142 169 187 189 174 149 114
SmokeDispersion.P   P   F   G   VG  VG  E   E   E   E   VG  VG

$$
Forecaster...RJK
Requested by...Michael Schultz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410929.1/BOU
.DELDT 04/16/24
.FormatterVersion 1.0.26
.EMAIL michael.schultz@usda.gov
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
