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KEY MESSAGES

- Early morning freezing fog could bring travel impacts to our plains, especially for the I-25 corridor, where a Freezing Fog Advisory is in place through 9 AM.

- Once morning fog and low cloud cover clears, a sunny and mild day is expected across south central and southeastern Colorado.

-Warm and dry into early next week.

- Brief cooldown with some moisture on Tuesday into Wednesday, before dry and warm conditions return.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/

Issued at 255 AM MST Sat Jan 31 2026

Currently..

Freezing fog and low ceilings are present across most of our plains, to include the I-25 corridor. Schriever SFB and KFLY have both reported light snow a few times since midnight, but most reporting locations across El Paso County have been in 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile freezing fog since just before midnight or so. Further south, we have dropped to 3/4 of a mile here at WFO Pueblo as of 2 AM, and Trinidad is at 1/4 mile this hour as well. To our east, La Junta is at 1 1/2 miles, but both Springfield and Lamar are reporting unrestricted visibility and low ceilings this hour. A Freezing Fog Advisory was issued through 9 AM for all of the I-25 corridor, to include El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, and western Las Animas counties, where visibilities have fallen below a mile for the majority of locations. Slick roads, especially over bridges, may be possible across these locations early this morning, but travel impacts due to low visibility in dense fog may end up bringing more travel concerns through the morning commute. In both cases, please slow down, use headlights, and leave plenty of space in front of you when driving through fog!

Today and Tonight..

Models develop westerlies from 8 AM through 10 AM across our adjacent plains, which will help to mix fog out quickly through the morning hours. Clearing should begin from west to east, with low clouds and fog pushed off to our east by late morning, and mainly clear skies by early this afternoon. Westerlies and clearing skies will help us to warm quickly, especially closer to the mountains. Daytime highs look to be near normal or slightly warmer than normal for most locations once again, with highs in the upper 40s for mountain valleys and our far eastern plains, and 50s for the rest of the plains. A few 60s may even be possible across eastern Fremont and western Pueblo counties. Winds will be a bit breezy, especially across the central mountains, where gusts to 45 mph or so will be possible. Mostly clear skies prevail by mid-afternoon and persist through the overnight hours, though many of us look to stay warmer than normal tonight thanks to continued northwesterly flow aloft. Overnight lows in the 20s are likely for our plains, with teens and single digits above zero for mountain valleys. All areas look to remain clear and dry tonight.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/

Issued at 255 AM MST Sat Jan 31 2026

Sunday-Monday...

High pressure will continue building in from the west on Sunday, continuing our warming and drying trend into early next week. Highs on both Sun and Mon will be in the high-50s to mid-60s over the eastern plains, with the mountains valleys climbing into the 50s. Mostly clear skies on Sunday will begin giving way to more cloud cover by Monday, though, ahead of a wave passing far to our north.

Sunday Night will be cool, but increasing clouds should limit radiational cooling a bit and keep things from getting frigid. The plains will remain in the mid-20s to low-30s, while the San Luis Valley will cool into the low double-digits.

Flow on Monday will turn more westerly aloft, leading to some more efficient warming and drying across the area. Conditions will be dry and winds will be a little more breezy than on Sunday, but at this time any risk for fire weather is still marginal.

Later in the day, a broad trough will pass through the region, pushing a weak, dry cold front south across the plains. At the moment, no precipitation is expected along the front, but temperatures behind it will decrease noticeably heading further into the week.

Tuesday Onwards...

Cooler on Tuesday, with highs about 10 degrees cooler than Monday. Additionally, isolated to scattered showers will be possible throughout the day as an upper wave passes by, bringing the chance for snow to the mountains and mainly rain to the lower elevations. At this time, accumulations look light. After that, dry and slowly warming conditions are expected through the rest of the work week.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/

Issued at 1018 PM MST Fri Jan 30 2026

Backdoor cold front has pushed into eastern CO, producing IFR to LIFR conditions due to low cigs and areas of fog across the eastern plains, affecting KCOS and KPUB through at least 13z but potentially until 17z-18z. Patchy freezing drizzle is a possibility along the eastern CO border.

The remainder of the forecast area, including KALS, will have VFR conditions over the next 24 hrs.

PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

Freezing Fog Advisory until 9 AM MST this morning for COZ084>088.