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FXUS65 KBOU 271117
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
517 AM MDT Sat Jun 27 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Widespread and prolonged critical fire weather conditions will
  be present in the high country this weekend as warm, dry and
  windy conditions develop, continuing at times into early next
  week.

- Warmer today with an isolated severe thunderstorm possible over
  the far northeast plains this afternoon into the early evening
  hours.

- All areas will trend warmer and drier for Sunday, with little
  change through the middle part of next week. The only exception
  will be for a slight chance of thunderstorms over the plains on
  Tuesday.

&&

.DISCUSSION /Through Friday/...
Issued at 219 AM MDT Sat Jun 27 2026

A stg upper level storm system for late June will be over the nwrn
US today and move into the nrn Rockies on Sun.  This will allow for
rather stg SW mid level flow to remain across the area today and
Sun.  For this aftn, a pseudo dry line will be over the far nern
plains where MLCAPE will be around 2000 j/kg with decent shear. As a
result, an isold svr storm will be possible mainly east of Sterling
during the late aftn and early evening hours. Further west it will
be dry and hot with gusty SW winds from the higher terrain across
most of the plains. Highs will rise into the 90`s across most of
nern CO except for the far nern plains where readings will be in
the upper 80s.

On Sun, it will be dry and hot with highs remaining in the 90`s
across nern CO.  Once again with decent mid level flow will see
gusty SW winds across the higher terrain and portions of the plains.

By Mon, an upper level trough will extend from the nrn Rokcies into
California.  This will allow for SW flow aloft to remain over the
area.  A weak cool front will move across the plains in the morning
which will allow for slightly cooler temperatures across the plains.
Overall there isn`t much low level moisture behind this front and
with a cap in place, tstm chances look minimal across the plains.

For Tue, SW flow aloft will continue as a disturbance moves from the
Great Basin into Wyoming by Tue night.  At the sfc, the low level
flow will become southerly across the plains.  As a result, this
will allow some return of lower level moisture by aftn with a pseudo
dryline setting up over the plains.  If the cap can be broken, there
would be at least a slight chc of tstms east of this boundary from
late aftn through the early evening hours.  Thus have kept in 20-30
percent pops over the nern plains.  Further west it will remain dry
from the I-25 Corridor across the higher terrain.

Looking ahead to mid week, SW flow aloft looks like it will
continue.  Overall it looks mainly dry both Wed and Thu with highs
in the 90`s across the plains.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z TAFS through 12Z Sunday/...
Issued at 512 AM MDT Sat Jun 27 2026

Winds were generally south but will become more SSW by 14z and
gradually increase through the late morning with gusts up to 25
mph. By 20z, winds will go more SW with gusts from 30 to 35 mph
thru 02z.  By 02z winds should decrease and then go more SSW
by 05z or 06z. VFR conditions will continue thru the period.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 219 AM MDT Sat Jun 27 2026

Critical fire weather conditions will be in place across all of
the high country today, as a much warmer and drier airmass moves
into the region, with winds also strengthening considerably
across the higher elevations. Relative humidity is expected to
fall to around 10-15% during the afternoon with wind gusts of
35-50 mph possible.

The warm, dry, and windy conditions will continue on Sunday across
much of the same area. There may be some very modest improvement
to minimum humidity values across the northern mountains, but
critical fire weather conditions are still likely to continue. The
pattern is not expected to change significantly next week, with
elevated to critical fire weather conditions possible each day.

&&

.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Red Flag Warning from 11 AM this morning to midnight MDT tonight
for COZ211>214-216>218.

Fire Weather Watch from Sunday morning through Sunday evening
for COZ211>214-216-218.

&&

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DISCUSSION...RPK
AVIATION...RPK
FIRE WEATHER...RPK

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