Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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Spot Forecast for Strawberry RX....USFS
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
548 AM MST Fri Jan 23 2026
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...A fairly cold airmass and light to moderate snow is
expected from noon today through Saturday. Snowfall amounts of 6 to
10 inches are expected at the burn site by late day Saturday. There
will be some good and very good smoke dispersal this afternoon, but
only fair dispersal Saturday afternoon. High temperatures will
be in the mid 20s this afternoon and upper teens Saturday afternoon.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of snow
until 1200, then snow.
CWR.................7 percent increasing to 61 percent.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Chance of thunder...3 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 26.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph until 0800. West 5 to
8 mph after 1000.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 1000, then 4100 ft AGL
until 1700, then 1100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds until 0700, then west around 8 mph
until 0800, then 8 to 15 mph until 1100, then
21 to 28 mph until 1700, then around 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1100, then fair until 1200, then
good until 1300, then very good until 1400,
then good until 1600, then fair until 1700,
then poor.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........66 70 73 75 76 77 79 84 89 94 94 95
Weather cov..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY DEF DEF
Weather type.... SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 60
Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 20 30 40 40 50 50 60 70 80 80
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............13 13 14 17 21 24 26 26 25 24 22 20
RH..............55 53 53 53 47 50 50 57 65 71 81 88
20 FT wind dir..S S S S W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 6
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 6 7 9 12 12 10 10 10 9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.4 0.9 2.0 3.2 4.2 4.3 4.1 3.2 3.0 1.1
Transp wind dir.SW W SW W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.6 8 7 7 15 21 25 28 26 24 22 16
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 3 3 5 26 57 91 104 95 68 56 15
SmokeDispersion.P P P P P F G VG G G F P
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Snow.
CWR.................71 percent decreasing to 40 percent early in
the morning.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Chance of thunder...2 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 8 above.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 7 mph until 2300, then around 5
mph until 0100, then west around 5 mph until
0300, then variable up to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 2000, then 1000 ft AGL
until 2100, then Below 1000 FT AGL until 2300,
then 1000 ft AGL until 2400, then Below 1000 FT
AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 14 mph until 0100, then light until
0200, then west around 8 mph until 0300, then 8
to 10 mph until 0500, then light.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........96 97 97 97 97 97 97 97 96 96 96 96
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 40
Chc of pcpn (%).80 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 80
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............19 19 18 17 15 14 14 13 13 12 11 9
RH..............92 92 96 96 100 100 100 100 96 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..6 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 2
20 FT wind gust.9 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 3 6 5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.14 13 12 9 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..7 6 10 7 6 7 6 5 7 5 5 5
SmokeDispersion.P P P P P P P P P P P P
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Snow until 1100,
then snow likely until 1700, then chance of
snow.
CWR.................40 percent decreasing to 12 percent late in the
morning.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 18.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable up to 5 mph until 1200, then west 5 to
7 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL until 0700, then Below 1000 FT AGL
until 0800, then 3100 ft AGL until 1700, then
Below 1000 FT AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 9 mph until 1000, then light until
1100, then west 9 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1300, then fair until 1600, then
poor.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........93 91 95 92 88 78 78 78 78 78 78 55
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............40 40 40 40 40 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Chc of pcpn (%).80 80 80 80 80 70 70 70 70 70 70 30
Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............8 8 8 10 12 14 16 18 18 16 14 11
RH..............100 100 100 93 85 77 67 59 54 54 56 59
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.5 5 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 13 13 13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.9 2.4 3.0 3.6 3.7 2.9 1.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.7 6 6 6 7 9 13 16 18 17 15 13
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 5 5 7 11 19 33 50 59 44 23 9
SmokeDispersion.P P P P P P P F F F P P
$$
Forecaster...RJK
Requested by...Ryan Stanton
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600531.5/BOU
.DELDT 01/23/26
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.EMAIL ryan.stanton@usda.gov