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Spot Forecast for Gore Lakes RX...BLM
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
1226 PM MST Wed Feb 11 2026

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

.DISCUSSION...
Snow will continue on and off through the rest of today and into
tomorrow. Snow accumulations around 2 inches are expected by
tomorrow morning, with another half an inch possible throughout
Thursday. Winds will be light from the west/southwest Thursday,
with a minimum humidity around 59% in the afternoon. Smoke
dispersal will be fair for a few hours in the early afternoon
Thursday. Snow chances will decrease late Thursday into early
Friday, before increasing again Friday afternoon. Winds will stay
very light for Friday, which will keep the smoke dispersal limited
to poor.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Snow until 1100,
                    then snow likely until 1700, then chance of
                    snow.
CWR.................26 percent decreasing to 6 percent late in the
                    morning.
Chance of pcpn......90 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 40.
Min humidity........59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph until 0800, then
                    variable up to 5 mph until 0900, then west 5 to
                    8 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 1000, then 3000 ft AGL
                    until 1700, then Below 1000 FT AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 18 mph until 1300. West around
                    10 mph after 1700.
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 (%).........90  90  90  90  90  87  87  87  87  87  87  59
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.............30  30  30  30  30  0   0   0   0   0   0   10
Chc of pcpn (%).90  90  90  90  90  70  70  70  70  70  70  40
Temp............30  29  31  35  36  37  38  39  40  38  38  36
RH..............96  100 92  82  79  72  70  64  59  62  64  69
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   SW
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   6   7   7   7   7   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   7   9   12  12  12  12  9   9   16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.1 1.9 2.5 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.1 0.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.9   9   12  13  14  16  18  20  20  17  16  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   2   2   5   14  27  40  50  53  46  30  5
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   P   P   P   F   F   F   P   P

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of snow
                    until 0500, then slight chance of snow.
CWR.................7 percent.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 23.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable up to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 12 mph until 2000, then light
                    until 2100, then southwest 8 to 11 mph until
                    0100, then 8 to 9 mph until 0300, then south 8
                    to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........59  59  59  62  64  67  71  75  79  79  80  80
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of pcpn (%).40  40  40  40  40  30  30  30  30  30  30  20
Temp............32  30  29  28  27  27  26  26  25  25  24  24
RH..............82  85  85  88  88  88  88  88  96  92  96  96
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.14  13  12  12  12  12  10  10  9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  S   SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.9   9   7   8   9   9   8   7   6   7   7   8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   2
SmokeDispersion.P P P P P P P P P P P P for all of Friday

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow until 1100, then chance of snow until
                    1700, then slight chance of snow.
CWR.................9 percent.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 39.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable up to 5 mph until 1400, then northwest
                    5 to 7 mph until 1700, then around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 1000, then 2200 ft AGL
                    until 1700, then Below 1000 FT AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 11 mph until 0900, then 8 to 10
                    mph until 1100, then 8 to 9 mph until 1300,
                    then around 8 mph until 1500, then light until
                    1700, then north around 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........79  77  76  74  73  71  73  75  77  77  77  77
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of pcpn (%).20  20  20  20  20  50  50  50  50  50  50  20
Temp............24  25  27  30  33  36  37  38  39  38  37  35
RH..............96  92  88  81  75  69  67  62  57  59  61  66
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   10  12  13  13  14  14  14  15  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.3 1.9 1.4 0.9
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   NW  N
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   7   7   6   6   5   5   6   7   8
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   1   1   3   6   7   9   8   9   9   8   7
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

$$
Forecaster...Pettett
Requested by...Ryan Boufford
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2602446.0/BOU
.DELDT 02/11/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rboufford@blm.gov