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FXUS65 KBOU 291905
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
105 PM MDT Thu Oct 29 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Mild and mostly dry through the work week.

- Unsettled weather returns late this weekend and early next week.
  Mountain snow is likely (>70% chance) above 8500ft during this
  time. High uncertainty remains for the foothills and plains.

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.DISCUSSION /Through Thursday/...
Issued at 1257 PM MDT Thu Oct 29 2026

We`re looking at another potential fog event tonight. Light winds
and surface conditions near or at saturation could lead to dense fog
development overnight tonight and tomorrow morning. High res models
have fog developing over Kansas and the eastern plains and a surface
cyclone to the northeast of Denver. This circulation could usher
fog right into the urban corridor from the north. High res
ensembles currently have a medium to high chance (50% to 80%) that
patchy dense fog (vis 

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