FNUS75 KBOU 072352 FWSBOU Spot Forecast for High Top Machine Piles...USFS National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 452 PM MST Wed Jan 7 2026 If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Periods of mainly light snow are expected late tonight and continue through Friday afternoon. The best chance for snow looks to be late tonight through Thursday evening. Total snowfall of 2 to 5 inches are expected through Friday afternoon. Winds turn northwest Thursday and remain northwesterly through Friday. Gusts to 15 to 25 mph will be possible, with the strongest winds on Friday. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of snow until 2300, then snow likely. Chance of pcpn......80 percent. Min temperature.....Around 19. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph until 0300, then west 5 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 2400, then 1100 ft AGL until 0400, then Below 1000 FT AGL. Transport winds.....West 12 to 17 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor. TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........79 83 86 89 89 88 86 87 89 90 90 92 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).30 30 30 40 60 70 70 70 70 70 80 80 Temp............27 25 25 24 24 23 22 21 21 21 21 21 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.13 12 12 12 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.6 Transp wind dir.SW W W W W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.13 13 13 12 15 17 17 17 17 17 16 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..5 3 3 3 6 9 12 16 19 14 9 4 SmokeDispersion.P P P P P P P P P P P P .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy with periods of snow. Chance of pcpn......90 percent. Max temperature.....Around 27. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 5 to 12 mph. Gusts to 18 mph after noon. Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0900, then 2700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 12 to 18 mph until 1100. Northwest 22 to 27 mph after 1600. Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1100, then fair until 1600, then poor. TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........94 92 90 90 94 98 98 98 98 98 98 83 Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).80 80 80 80 80 90 90 90 90 80 70 60 Temp............21 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 25 25 23 21 20 FT wind dir..W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..5 3 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 20 FT wind gust.7 6 7 7 7 9 12 13 13 13 15 15 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.5 1.3 2.0 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.0 1.6 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.14 13 12 15 18 22 23 25 26 25 25 24 Vrate kt-ft/1K..4 3 3 13 26 44 48 53 58 47 37 28 SmokeDispersion.P P P P P F F F F F P P .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Snow likely until 2300, then chance of snow. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. Min temperature.....Around 8 above. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 13 mph. Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL until 2000, then Below 1000 FT AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 14 to 22 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor. TIME (MST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........82 82 81 82 83 85 83 81 79 78 76 75 Weather cov.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).60 60 60 60 60 50 50 50 50 50 50 30 Temp............20 19 18 17 16 16 15 14 14 13 12 11 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..9 10 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 20 FT wind gust.15 16 18 18 18 18 18 16 16 16 16 15 Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W Transp wind spd.22 20 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 15 15 14 Vrate kt-ft/1K..19 12 6 7 7 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 SmokeDispersion.P P P P P P P P P P P P .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of snow. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. Max temperature.....Around 15. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......Below 1000 FT AGL until 0700, then 2900 ft AGL until 1700, then Below 1000 FT AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 20 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor until 1200, then fair until 1500, then poor. TIME (MST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........73 70 68 67 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 48 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type....SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN SN Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 10 Temp............10 9 9 11 13 15 15 15 15 13 12 11 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W 20 FT wind spd..8 8 8 9 10 10 12 12 13 12 12 10 20 FT wind gust.15 15 15 15 16 16 18 18 21 22 23 24 Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 2.5 1.6 0.7 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.15 15 15 15 16 16 17 18 20 17 16 15 Vrate kt-ft/1K..7 10 14 21 28 35 41 46 52 34 19 5 SmokeDispersion.P P P P P P F F F P P P $$ Forecaster...Meier Requested by...Ryan Nadiak Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2528554.0/BOU .DELDT 01/07/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ryan.nadiak@usda.gov