Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
688
FNUS75 KBOU 101240
FWSBOU
Spot Forecast for Blue River West...USFS
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
540 AM MST Wed Dec 10 2025
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION... Morning snow showers will give way to flurries or
dry conditions in the afternoon today. Minimal snow accumulation
is expected. Winds will be breezy throughout the day with gusts
reaching 40 mph out of the west. These strong winds and decent
mixing heights will allow for good smoke dispersal.
Thursday will be dry with warmer conditions. Mixing heights will
be slightly less than Wednesday while winds will be weaker with
gusts to 35 mph. However, good smoke dispersal is still expected.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Chance of snow
until 1700.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 41.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 17 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35
mph.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 28 to 35 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good until 1600, then fair.
TIME (MST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........62 53 53 53 54 53 53 58
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40 30 30 30 30 30 30 0
Temp............37 39 41 40 41 39 37 34
RH..............72 67 65 67 65 70 72 82
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..20 21 21 22 22 22 22 22
20 FT wind gust.31 33 33 35 35 35 35 35
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.0 1.8
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.31 33 33 35 33 33 30 28
Vrate kt-ft/1K..76 84 86 90 82 79 52 44
SmokeDispersion.G G G G G G F F
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 20.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 14 to 22 mph with gusts to
around 35 mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 20 to 29 mph until 0400, then 16 to
21 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair until 1900, then poor.
TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........44 34 42 33 32 30 29 29 28 28 28 29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............32 31 31 30 30 30 29 27 25 24 24 21
RH..............85 85 85 85 81 78 78 85 88 88 84 96
20 FT wind dir..W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W
20 FT wind spd..22 22 22 21 20 20 18 17 16 16 15 14
20 FT wind gust.35 35 35 33 31 31 30 28 25 25 24 22
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W
Transp wind spd.28 29 29 29 29 26 25 24 21 20 18 18
Vrate kt-ft/1K..43 38 38 39 38 35 33 32 27 25 24 24
SmokeDispersion.F P P P P P P P P P P P
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) until 1000, then
mostly sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 43.
Min humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 12 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35
mph.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 20 to 29 mph until 1100, then northwest 28
to 37 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 0900, then fair until 1100, then
good until 1600, then fair.
TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37 45 43 33 23 13 13 13 13 15 16 18
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............23 24 25 33 38 41 43 43 42 41 38 35
RH..............84 84 88 72 64 57 53 53 53 53 54 56
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..14 14 14 15 15 16 17 17 17 16 16 15
20 FT wind gust.22 22 22 24 24 25 28 28 28 35 33 32
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.5 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.2 1.9
Transp wind dir.W W W NW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.20 20 22 25 29 31 33 36 37 33 31 28
Vrate kt-ft/1K..25 25 30 43 54 68 74 82 90 73 58 45
SmokeDispersion.P P P F F G G G G G F F
$$
Forecaster...Danielson
Requested by...Preston Burns
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2527334.0/BOU
.DELDT 12/10/25
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.EMAIL preston.burns@usda.gov