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Spot Forecast for 255 I70 FIRE...JEFFCOM
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
214 PM MDT Tue Apr 28 2026

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

.DISCUSSION...Cool and relatively moist conditions can be expected
for the rest of today. Scattered but mostly light showers or
sprinkles will be in the area, but the chance of any wetting rain
(greater than a tenth of an inch) is low. An isolated thunderstorm
is possible, but that`s just a 10-15% chance between now and 6
pm. Winds are northerly in the area right now, but should turn
more northwesterly through 5-6 pm.

Light winds can be expected tonight with any light showers in the
area ending early this evening. Humidity recovery tonight will be
very good.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
CWR.................7 percent.
Chance of thunder...15 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 48.
Min humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North-northwest winds 7 to 12 mph. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......6300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 17 to 22 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1600. Very good after 1700.

TIME (MDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67  73  66
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).15  15  15
Temp............46  48  48
RH..............47  41  39
20 FT wind dir..N   NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  9
20 FT wind gust.16  16  15
Mix hgt (kft)...5.7 5.7 6.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W
Transp wind spd.18  20  21
Vrate kt-ft/1K..91  98  113
SmokeDispersion.G   G   VG

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) until 2000, then
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain and snow showers until 2100.
CWR.................6 percent.
Chance of thunder...9 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 31.
Max humidity........72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 12 mph until 2300, then
                    west around 5 mph until 0100, then 5 to 6 mph
                    until 0500, then variable up to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL until 2000, then Below 1000 FT AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 18 mph until 2000, then northwest 8
                    to 10 mph until 2300, then light until 0100,
                    then southwest 8 to 9 mph until 0500, then
                    light.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1900. Poor after 2400.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........60  53  48  40  41  50  53  47  44  45  40  46
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RS
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............49  47  43  41  39  37  36  35  34  34  33  33
RH..............37  40  47  50  54  61  67  69  72  69  72  69
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..9   7   6   5   5   3   3   3   3   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.13  12  7   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...5.1 3.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.NW  W   NW  NW  NW  W   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.17  14  7   6   8   7   6   6   6   6   6   6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..77  47  2   1   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1
SmokeDispersion.G   F   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

$$
Forecaster...Barjenbruch
Requested by...Darian Hornaday
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2611981.0/BOU
.DELDT 04/28/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL avery.wyse@jeffcom911co.gov,elizabeth.gunn@jeffcom911co.gov,darian.hornaday@jeffcom911co.gov,rebecca.fuller@jeffcom911co.gov