Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
447
FNUS75 KBOU 242242
FWSBOU
Spot Forecast for Ironclad...USFS
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
442 PM MDT Mon Aug 24 2026
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...No significant change in the weather pattern is
expected for Tuesday. West winds will become light and variable
during the morning, before eventually transitioning back to a
light east/upslope wind during the early to mid afternoon hours.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop by
around noon and will continue through the rest of the afternoon.
Gusty and variable winds will be possible with any storms in the
vicinity. High temperatures should reach the low 70s with
relative humidity again falling to around 30%.
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) until 1300, then
mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
rain showers and thunderstorms after 1200 until
1300, then chance of rain showers and
thunderstorms.
CWR.................2 percent increasing to 29 percent.
Chance of thunder...53 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph until 0900, then variable
up to 5 mph until 1300, then northeast 5 to 7
mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms after 1200.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0900, then 2500 ft AGL
until 1000, then 6900 ft AGL until 1600, then
3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 14 mph until 1300, then northwest 8
to 12 mph until 1500, then west.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then fair until 1600, then
poor.
TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37 41 39 28 21 33 47 61 71 79 76 69
Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 30 30 30 30
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 20 40 50 50 50 50
Temp............57 59 64 66 69 70 68 67 66 62 61 60
RH..............53 49 43 39 33 31 36 41 45 52 56 60
20 FT wind dir..W W W W NW NW N NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..7 6 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.12 10 9 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.7 2.5 5.6 7.3 7.1 7.0 5.6 6.1 3.7 3.8
Transp wind dir.W W W W NW NW NW NW NW W W NW
Transp wind spd.12 14 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 7 7 20 45 59 57 56 51 55 33 31
SmokeDispersion.P P P P F F F F F F P P
$$
Forecaster...Hiris/Schnell
Requested by...Northern Colorado Interagency Dispatch Center
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620420.0/BOU
.DELDT 08/24/26
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.EMAIL concc@firenet.gov