textproduct: Pueblo

KEY MESSAGES

- Dryer tomorrow with temperatures warming up over the plains.

- 100s return by Friday for the plains and remain in the 100s through at least mid week next week.

- Dry region-wide through Saturday, then moisture slowly increases mainly over mtns from Sunday onward.

- Low end fire weather concerns along the Divide today and tomorrow, transitioning to the eastern plains for the weekend into early next week.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/

Issued at 1204 AM MDT Wed Aug 5 2026

Main concern for today will be marginal Red Flag conditions for the central mountains, with lesser concerns for the La Garitas and northern Sangres. A Red Flag warning is in effect for the central mtns for later today. Otherwise, temperatures will be warming up across the plains, although temps will still be a couple of degrees below normal over the lower elevations. As for precip, the only chances will be down along the CO/NM border, especially over the southern Sangre De Cristo mtns. The mtns and valleys will remain very warm with temps reaching about 90F San Luis Valley (SLV)

LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/

Issued at 1204 AM MDT Wed Aug 5 2026

Thursday, Fire weather concerns increase a bit more as a Red Flag conditions will be felt over a good part of the CONTDVD region, with some areas of concern over parts of the San Luis Valley and the Wet mtns/Wet mtn valley areas. A fire weather watch remains in effect for the CONTDVD region for this day.

It will be primarily dry on Thursday region-wide. Temperatures will continue to warm up with 90s over all of the plains, wit L90s El Paso, and M/U90s over the remainder of the plains. L90s SLV.

Friday...100s return to most of the plains with L90s SLV. Only spotty critical fire weather conditions expected on this day with the best chances over the greater Wet Mtn region and over the far eastern plains. It will remain dry.

Weekend...Hot and dry plains with 95 to 105 readings plains and around 90F SLV. Mtns will be dry Saturday but precip chances will begin to tweek upwards over the mtns on Sunday. Critical fire weather conditions will be possible over the far eastern plains.

Next week, Hot at the beginning of the period becoming a bit less hot by mid week. Precip chances will also slowly increase day by day over the higher terrain.

Looking a bit further out, long range deterministic guidance is in rather good agreement at ramping up precip reion-wide, especially over the interior mtns by late week. This is also indicated in the statistical forecast products. \/Hodanish

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 1052 PM MDT Tue Aug 4 2026

VFR cloudiness will gradually clear out overnight though there is a low chance for some patchy VFR to MVFR cigs to develop across the southeast plains in light easterly upslope flow. Will keep a scattered layer in for both KCOS and KPUB as confidence in this occuring for either terminal is still quite low. Otherwise, expect increasing easterly winds for KCOS and KPUB Wed afternoon with any chance for showers and thunderstorms staying over the mountains. Winds at KALS may shift from the north as showers over the mountains drift off into the northern part of the San Luis Valley Wednesday afternoon. Odds of -SHRA impacting KALS directly look too low to include in the TAF right now, but will time a northerly then easterly wind shift during the 23-02z period to capture outflows from more distant -SHRA/-TSRA. -KT

PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

Red Flag Warning from noon to 7 PM MDT Wednesday for COZ220. Fire Weather Watch from Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening for COZ220-223.