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FNUS75 KBOU 291609
FWSBOU

Spot Forecast for Engine Operator Training...Boulder Fire Rescue
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
1009 AM MDT Wed Apr 29 2026

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

.DISCUSSION...Scattered to numerous rain and snow showers will
develop this afternoon and continue this evening and overnight.
However, temperatures are expected to be warm enough to prevent
much in the way of accumulation. At this time, it appears an inch
or so of slushy snow will be possible mainly on vegetation or
elevated surfaces. Snow coverage and intensity is expected to pick
up on Thursday, especially for the afternoon and evening. Total
accumulations of 2-6 inches will be possible by late Thursday
evening, but again the more significant snow accumulations will
be on vegetation. That said, we still expect a couple inches of
snow to accumulate on back roads and other non-paved surfaces
Thursday afternoon and evening. Snow will taper off overnight
Thursday night with only light flurries possible for Friday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Snow showers
                    likely with possible thunderstorms and rain
                    showers.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 46.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds around 5 mph.
Snowfall amount.....0.0 inches.

TIME (MDT)      5PM
Sky (%).........85
Weather cov.....LKY
Weather type....SW
Tstm cov........CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).60
Temp............43
RH..............53
Surface wnd dir.NE
Surface wnd spd.5
Surface wnd gst.7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Snow showers likely.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 28.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph until 2000, then
                    north around 5 mph until 0200, then variable up
                    to 5 mph.
Snowfall amount.....0.5-1.5 inches

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........88  89  93  94  94  93  92  90  89  88  88  89
Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).70  70  70  70  70  70  60  60  60  60  60  60
Temp............41  39  37  36  35  33  33  32  32  30  30  30
RH..............62  67  72  75  78  85  85  89  89  96  92  88
Surface wnd dir.NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Surface wnd spd.5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   3
Surface wnd gst.7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   3   3   3   6

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Snow showers. Chance
                    of thunderstorms after 1200.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 34.
Min humidity........82 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Variable up to 5 mph until 0900, then east 5 to
                    8 mph with gusts to around 23 mph.
Snowfall amount.....2-3 inches.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........96  97  95  92  94  96  98  98  98  98  98  98
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........                        CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).80  80  80  80  80  80  90  90  90  90  90  90
Temp............30  28  29  30  32  32  32  32  33  33  33  32
RH..............88  100 96  92  85  89  89  89  85  85  82  85
Surface wnd dir.N   NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Surface wnd spd.3   3   3   5   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7
Surface wnd gst.6   6   13  15  17  20  22  23  22  22  22  21

$$
Forecaster...Barjenbruch
Requested by...Kerry Webster
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2612118.0/BOU
.DELDT 04/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL websterk@bouldercolorado.gov