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KEY MESSAGES

- Late season snow storm will affect a large part of the region this evening through tomorrow; will impact Wed AM commute especially in greater Pikes Peak region.

- Heaviest snow in the higher elevations of the Pikes Peak region (generally above 6500 feet) and the higher peaks of the West and Sangre De Cristo mountains.

- Power failures and tree damage will be possible. Don't park your car under or near a tree!

- HARD FREEZE on the plains likely Wed night/Thu AM.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/

Issued at 126 PM MDT Tue May 5 2026

A late season winter weather event will affect the region during the next 36 hours or so. The brunt of the snow will not start to fall until the trough axis moves across the region and the lower level wind flow takes on a northeasterly component. This trough axis will start to cross the region late this evening into the overnight hours and move across the entire region by mid morning tomorrow. The brunt of the heavier snow will affect the main population centers towards during the earl AM hours and push south tomorrow morning. with this said. periods of snow will be possible starting later this afternoon over northern Teller county and along the Palmer Divide.

Several changes have been made to the forecast. The San Juans along with the lower elevations of Lake county have been added to the snow advisory. The winter weather advisories for the upper elevations of the Wet Mountains and Sangre De Cristo mountains have been upgraded to Winter Storm Warnings. The Freeze watch for Wed nite has been upgraded to a Freeze warning.

Snowfall totals over the population centers should be in the 4 to 10 inch range in N El Paso, 1 to 4" in Colorado Springs, and 4 to 10 inches in Teller county, with much higher amounts over the Pikes Peak Massif. Elsewhere, 2 to 8 inches will occur in the southern mountain valleys with the tops of the southern mountains seeing up to a foot and a half of snow. Lower elevations of the Upper Ark rvr valley should see 3 to 6 inches of snow, while the central mtns will see 4 to 8 inches of snow. It should be noted that during early tomorrow morning the snow could be coming down rather heavy, impacting visibility. Areas above 6500 feet will likely see the snow accumulate on the roadways tomorrow morning when the snowfall will be at its' heaviest.

The San Luis valley is not expected to any significant accumulations on the valley floor. The east slopes of the San Juans may see 4 to 12 inches of late season snow.

Pueblo should see some snow on the grassy areas, with 1 to 2 inches not out of the question. The Southern I-25 corridor region could see 2 to 5 inches of snow, with locally higher amounts over Raton Pass during the day tomorrow.

A hard freeze is likely to occur over the plains Wed night into Thu AM. Widespread temps in the mid 20s are expected over the plains and this is supported by the DESI statistical guidance showing very low spreads centered around the mid 20s across the southeast plains.

LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/

Issued at 126 PM MDT Tue May 5 2026

By Thursday, SPRING returns again with dry conditions and max temps in the M60s to M70s across the plains.

Another disturbance will roll down in the NW flow aloft bringing a chance of showers to the region this weekend. After that, summer arrives with 80s and 90s across the lower elevations. \/Hodanish

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 550 PM MDT Tue May 5 2026

At KCOS, generally LIFR conditions overnight and through the day on Wed, with rain changing to snow this evening and snow persisting into Wed afternoon. Could see a couple of hard to time periods of slight improvement in cigs overnight and again Wed midday, then snow begins to diminish and conditions slowly improve after 22z Wed afternoon.

At KPUB, MVFR conditions early this evening will gradually become IFR by around 03z, as cloud deck lowers and precip continues. IFR then persists overnight and through the first half of the day on Wed, with rain mixing with snow at times from 09z-20z. Precip rates begin to lessen after 20z on Wed, with conditions improving back to MVFR.

At KALS, patchy blowing dust this evening will end by 02z, with gradually lowering VFR cigs through the night. Chance for shra/shsn develops 05z-11z with MVFR conditions at times under heavier precip. Best window for heavier snow showers then develops starting around 18z, with potential for occasional IFR conditions until 24z.

PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

Winter Weather Advisory until 6 PM MDT Wednesday for COZ058- 060-063-076. Winter Weather Advisory from 3 AM to 6 PM MDT Wednesday for COZ059. Winter Weather Advisory until 6 PM MDT Wednesday for COZ068. Winter Weather Advisory until midnight MDT Wednesday night for COZ072-074-078-079-087. Winter Storm Warning until midnight MDT Wednesday night for COZ073-075-080>082. Freeze Warning from midnight Wednesday night to 8 AM MDT Thursday for COZ083>089-093>099. Winter Storm Warning until 6 PM MDT Wednesday for COZ084.