540 FNUS75 KBOU 091130 FWSBOU Spot Forecast for Poudre Learning Center RX...FFFD National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 530 AM MDT Wed Apr 9 2025 If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION...Critical fire conditions will be in place late this morning through the early evening. West to northwest winds of 6-10 mph until 1100, then northwest winds of 10-18 mph with gusts to 25 mph. Northwest winds will increase to 22 to 30 mph by 1300 with gusts to 40 mph. Humidity levels will drop down to 15 percent in the afternoon. Highs will be in the lower 70's. Smoke dispersal poor until 1000, then good until 1100. After 1100 excellent Tonight, northwest winds of 15-25 mph with gusts to 35 mph through 2000, then northwest 10-15 mph until 0200. After 0200 north 6-12 mph. Lows in the mid 30s with humidity levels increasing to 55 percent. Smoke dispersal excellent until 1900, then becoming poor. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-20 percent) until 1200, then partly cloudy (20-30 percent) until 1300, then mostly sunny (15-25 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 71. Min humidity........14 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Windy. West to northwest 6-10 mph, then northwest 10-18 mph with gusts to 25 mph until 1300. After 1300 northwest 22 to 30 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0900. 11800 ft AGL after 1100. Transport winds.....Light winds until 0700, then west 8 to 17 mph until 1100, then northwest 25 to 31 mph until 1300, then 33 to 38 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1000, then good until 1100, then excellent. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........12 16 18 18 17 19 27 22 23 21 19 19 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............41 43 47 53 58 63 67 69 71 71 71 70 RH..............55 53 48 39 31 24 19 16 15 14 14 15 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 8 12 15 18 22 24 25 25 25 20 FT wind gust.12 12 12 15 18 22 28 33 37 37 38 37 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.6 1.8 5.2 8.3 10 11 12 12 12 12 Transp wind dir.N W W W NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.6 6 6 9 17 25 31 35 36 36 36 36 Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 2 14 78 184 271 330 359 371 374 361 SmokeDispersion.P P P P G E E E E E E E .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 36. Max humidity........56 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 18 to 26 mph with gusts to around 33 mph until 2000, then 9 to 16 mph until 0200, then north 5 to 13 mph. Mixing height.......9900 ft AGL until 1900. Below 1000 FT AGL after 2000. Transport winds.....Northwest around 32 mph until 1900, then 12 to 21 mph until 0200, then north 8 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent until 1900, then poor. TIME (MDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........18 13 12 12 10 12 11 15 14 12 15 10 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............68 64 60 56 52 49 47 45 44 41 39 37 RH..............16 18 20 23 27 30 32 35 36 41 46 54 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..23 20 16 13 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 20 FT wind gust.33 28 21 16 15 15 15 15 15 13 12 9 Mix hgt (kft)...9.9 1.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N Transp wind spd.32 21 16 14 13 12 12 12 10 12 10 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..279 32 10 8 7 6 6 7 6 7 5 4 SmokeDispersion.E P P P P P P P P P P P .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (0-10 percent). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 68. Min humidity........20 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 7 mph until 0900, then variable up to 5 mph until 1100, then east around 5 mph until 1200, then southeast 5 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0800, then 4800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast around 9 mph until 0700, then north around 8 mph until 1000, then light until 1200, then southwest 8 to 11 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor. TIME (MDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........9 10 9 8 8 7 6 5 5 4 5 7 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............39 38 42 47 53 57 60 62 64 66 67 68 RH..............54 56 52 45 36 31 28 25 24 23 21 20 20 FT wind dir..NW N N NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..6 6 5 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 20 FT wind gust.9 9 7 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 12 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.7 1.0 2.3 3.1 3.6 4.1 4.4 4.8 5.1 4.8 4.4 Transp wind dir.NE N N NE NE SE SW SW W W SW S Transp wind spd.9 8 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 5 4 11 19 22 25 28 32 36 35 34 SmokeDispersion.P P P P P P P P P P P P $$ Forecaster...RPK Requested by...Greg Gilbert Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2508805.4/BOU .DELDT 04/09/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jwilliams@fffd.org,jennifer@emberalliance.org,GGILBERT@FFFD.US,mark.boddy@ecimt.org,Dan.Lowell@state.co.us,Geoff.Burtler@poudre-fire.org,greg.gilbert@emberalliance.org