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KEY MESSAGES

- Winds will gradually decrease as the afternoon progresses, expect a cold night tonight.

- Mild day on Monday.

- Heat Wave begins Tuesday, lasts into the weekend, Record to Historic max temps expected.

UPDATE

Issued at 1013 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

There seems to be enough uvv associated with the passing system to keep some light snow showers ongoing, mainly across the Pikes Peak region. Accumulations should be light to a dusting and looks to diminish after midnight, as the jet core continues to translate east into the High Plains.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/

Issued at 105 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Rest of Today...

Winds have been slowly abating along the I-25 corridor early this afternoon and expect this pattern to continue. Over the far eastern plains, winds will keep up through mid afternoon and then begin to slowly decrease. As for the snow, expect we will continue to see some snow showers over the Palmer Divide through the afternoon with clearing by late afternoon or early evening. Some snow showers will also linger over the Spanish Peak region into the afternoon. Will likely cancel the high wind warning early for the i-25 corridor if trends continue.

Of meteorological interest, we may have had a stratospheric folding event occur over parts of the region, as dewpoints suddenly crashed across the greater San Luis Valley region, and looking at plots of dewpts across the West US, noticeable decreases have also occurred from E Utah and SW and S Colorado.

It is going to be very cold tonight across the region. Anticipate min temps to fall into the mid 10s across the San Luis Valley and Plains, and single digits across the mtns.

For tomorrow, it is going to be rather quite nice. Max temps will be in the mid 50s over the plains and valleys, and cooler temps over the higher terrain. winds will be light most areas but will remain breezy over the central mtn regions

LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/

Issued at 105 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

The main wx concern from Tuesday into next weekend is the potential for historic heat. Temperatures are going to feel summer-like through this period and records are near certain to fall. There will be a good chance that the all-time March max high temperature for the 3 primary ASOS sites will also fall. More specifically...

The all time record March max temp for Pueblo is 86. The max temps for Pueblo from Thursday through Saturday are expected to be in the U80s to L90s.

The all time record March max temp for Colorado Springs is 81. The max temps for Colorado Springs from Thursday through Saturday will be from the L80s to M80s.

The all time record March max temp for Alamosa is 76. The max temps for Alamosa from Thursday through Saturday will be in the U70s to L80s.

Multiple daily high temp records will likely fall for the 3 taf sites this upcoming week into Saturday.

The only good news with respect to this (likely) historic heat wave is that the winds will mainly be diurnally driven, so fire weather concerns will not be excessive. However, once the next trough moves towards the region and the gradient tightens up, we will have the potential for a high end red flag event (possibly next Sunday??)

without saying, no precipitation is expected from Tuesday into Saturday. \/Hodanish

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/

Issued at 1116 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

A few flurries and patchy low clouds are evident across El paso county late tonight, as well as banked up along the eastern slopes of the eastern mts. However, system exiting to the east and improving conditions are forecast through the overnight. Therefore, plan on VFR conditions for most locations across the forecast area, including the three main TAF sites of KCOS, KPUB and KALS. A few things to add for TAF sites following.

KALS: Brisk north winds through early morning, then gusty northerly winds with gusts to 25 kts expected to develop once again around 22z and lasting through 03z.

KCOS: Patchy MVFR cigs now through 19z. There is the potential for some very spotty fog, but confidence is low so will not include in the TAF.

PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.