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Spot Forecast for Dunn Research Plots...Boulder Fire Rescue
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
300 PM MDT Wed Oct 8 2025

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

.DISCUSSION...

Clear skies will persist through Thursday morning, giving way to
partial cloud cover near midday. No precipitation is expected.

Current winds are light and out of the east, but should transition
to westerly downslope winds by early this evening, with speeds
5 to 10 mph overnight. Expect westerly flow to remain in place
through at least 0900 Thursday, with winds becoming very light
and variable 0900-1200. In the afternoon, upslope east and southeast
winds will prevail, with speeds also in the 5-10 mph range.

Humidity levels will not fluctuate much from day to night, with
moderate recoveries tonight leading into similar conditions on
Thursday, with minimum humidity values between 20-25%.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0
Temp............75  73
RH..............35  36
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   3
20 FT wind gust.6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...4.9 3.5
Transp wind dir.W   W
Transp wind spd.7   6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..30  18
SmokeDispersion.P   P

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 5 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds until 1900, then west around 8 mph
                    until 2100, then 8 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor.

TIME (MDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............69  65  60  59  59  58  57  57  57  55  55  55
RH..............29  30  35  34  33  34  35  35  35  38  36  36
20 FT wind dir..SE  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   2   5   7   7   8   8   8   8   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.5   3   7   10  12  12  12  13  13  13  13  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Transp wind dir.SE  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.5   5   6   7   7   10  10  10  9   12  12  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   5   6   6   7   11  11  11  10  12  12  11
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P   P

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Becoming partly cloudy (40-60%) in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......5 percent.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph until 1000, switching
to southeast 5 to 10 mph after 1200.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL until 1100, then 5300 ft AGL until
                    1300, then 8000 ft AGL until 1700, then 4300 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 12 mph until 0900, then southwest 8
                    to 9 mph until 1100, then west until 1300, then
                    south 8 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1300, then fair until 1400, then
                    good until 1700, then poor.

TIME (MDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   0   1   1   7   13  19  26  34  41  49  57
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   5   5   5
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   5   5   5
Temp............54  55  59  63  70  74  76  77  79  77  76  75
RH..............40  39  38  36  31  27  25  24  21  22  23  25
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   SW  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   6   5   3   5   5   6   6   5   3
20 FT wind gust.12  10  10  9   7   6   7   8   9   8   7   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 2.0 3.6 5.9 7.2 7.7 8.0 7.3 4.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   SW  W   W   SW  S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.10  9   9   7   6   6   7   8   9   9   10  9
Vrate kt-ft/1K..10  9   9   7   10  18  35  50  62  64  66  35
SmokeDispersion.P   P   P   P   P   P   P   F   G   G   G   P

$$
Forecaster...Rodriguez
Requested by...Kerry Webster
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523193.0/BOU
.DELDT 10/08/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Websters@bouldercolorado.gov