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KEY MESSAGES

- Warm and mild conditions today and tomorrow.

- Windy conditions possible again mid through late week.

- Fire weather conditions increase as the week goes on.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/

Issued at 1203 AM MST Sun Jan 11 2026

Today and tomorrow will be very similar as an 850 mb high over Texas extends a mild ridge over the area. This will keep the sky clear and allow temperatures to warm into the mid 50s to low 60s for most of the area. Locations with remaining snowpack will likely be capped out around 40 today. Today should melt majority of the remaining snowpack, allowing temperatures tomorrow to warm into the 50s for the southern CWA.

With these higher temperatures, RH values will drop into the upper teens near the Tri-State border. Thankfully winds looks to be pretty weak, largely remaining under 20 kts, so fire weather concerns are minimal.

Overnight low temperatures will also be slightly warming, too. Overnight tonight, lows are forecast to remain in the low to mid 20s, and tomorrow night, temperatures look to be in the upper 20s. NBM is showing lows in the eastern CWA remaining in the low 30s. Confidence in these temperatures is only about 40% as they are dependent on the wind not going calm and scattered or greater cloud coverage. Likely, all of the CWA will drop into the 20s, even if it is just for 15-30 minutes.

LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/

Issued at 100 AM MST Sun Jan 11 2026

Northwest flow continues over the plains downstream from the strong ridge over the western CONUS. Embedded shortwave troughs will provide a few chances of light precipitation, but do not appear impactful at this time. One comes through Tuesday night/Wednesday with accompanying surface front, which looks more like sprinkles/flurries than measurable precipitation. A second shortwave comes through on Thursday followed by another on Friday with a large trough carving out across the central/eastern CONUS. May see slightly better precipitation chances with this system, but notably the ECMWF is dry compared to the GFS, so may not amount to much. Both systems may bring a period of breezy to windy conditions and perhaps some fire weather concerns with lower humidity. Temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s Tuesday through Thursday, then cooling off Friday and Saturday into the 30s and 40s behind the second system. Lows will be in the 20s and 30s Tuesday through Thursday, and the teens and 20s Friday and Saturday.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY/

Issued at 347 AM MST Sun Jan 11 2026

VFR conditions and westerly winds will prevail through the period. KGLD will see winds favoring the northwest today with some occasional gusts of 15-20 kts before favoring southwesterly after sunset. KMCK will see consistent westerly winds through the entire period.

GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

KS...None. CO...None. NE...None.