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Spot Forecast for Mount Ida SAR...Rocky Mountain National Park
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
101 PM MDT Sat Oct 4 2025

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

.DISCUSSION...An upper trough will push across the area later this
afternoon and evening bringing widespread precipitation and windy
conditions at the SAR site.  The snow level will drop to about
9,000 feet late tonight with light snow accumulations of up to 2
inches possible.  Wind gusts up to 50 mph are expected late this
evening and overnight tonight.

By Sunday afternoon, continuing Sunday night more precipitation is
expected with the snow level dropping to around 8,500 feet and up
to 4 inches of snow possible over the SAR area.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Rain showers, snow
                    showers and chance of thunderstorms.  Snow level
                    around 10,000 this afternoon lowering 9,000
                    Sunday morning.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Min apparent temp...22.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to
                    around 35 mph.
Snowfall amount.....0.2 inches.

TIME (MDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........87  86  86  89  89
Weather cov.....LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW  RS  RS  SW  SW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).70  80  80  80  80
Temp............41  41  38  37  34
RH..............73  73  79  79  89
Aparnt tmp (F)..33  32  28  27  22
Surface wnd dir.SW  S   SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.14  17  18  20  21
Surface wnd gst.22  28  30  31  33

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) until 0100, then
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent). Chance of snow
                    showers until 2100.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 25.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Min apparent temp...14.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph until 2200, then
                    west 20 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 50 mph.
Snowfall amount.....1.0-2.0 inches.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........72  69  62  65  62  57  52  50  48  47  45  45
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  30  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............31  30  29  28  28  28  28  28  27  27  27  27
RH..............92  92  88  88  85  81  81  81  88  88  85  85
Aparnt tmp (F)..18  17  16  14  14  14  14  15  14  15  15  16
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.21  21  22  22  23  23  22  20  18  16  15  14
Surface wnd gst.33  33  35  35  35  35  35  31  30  25  24  22

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) until 0900, then
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent) until 1100, then
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of snow
                    showers after 1200.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 39.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Min apparent temp...15.
Surface winds (mph).West winds 8 to 13 mph with gusts to around 20
                    mph until 1100. South after 1700.
Snowfall amount.....0.5 inches.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........60  64  54  47  50  55  59  62  66  69  74  80
Weather cov.....                        CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                        SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   40  40  40  40  40  40
Temp............26  25  27  29  31  33  35  37  38  39  38  36
RH..............88  88  81  75  69  63  59  52  50  48  52  61
Aparnt tmp (F)..16  15  17  20  22  24  27  29  31  32  32  30
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.10  10  10  10  10  12  12  12  12  10  9   8
Surface wnd gst.20  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  20  20  18  17

$$
Forecaster...RJK
Requested by...Andrew Eaton
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2522971.0/BOU
.DELDT 10/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL romo_dispatch@nps.gov,andrew_eaton@nps.gov,michael_galgay@nps.gov