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KEY MESSAGES

- Dry and mild Today.

- Breezy tonight, with snow developing across the Central Mtns.

- Thursday Through Sunday look to stay mainly dry and mild, with a possible pattern change arriving early next week.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/

Issued at 224 AM MST Wed Jan 28 2026

Current water vapor imagery and upper air analysis has moderating northwest flow across the region, as upper level ridging is building across the Great Basin and into the Rockies at this time. Water vapor imagery and regional satellite data has some mid and high level moisture topping the ridge into western Colorado, which is ahead of an upper level trough moving onshore across the Pac Northwest Coast at this time. Temperatures as of 1 am are running the gamut from the single digits into the 30s, with the coldest readings across the high mountain valleys and the warmest readings in the "banana belt" at this time.

For today and tonight, the upper ridge flattens across the region through the day, with increasing west to northwest flow across the Rockies tonight, as said Pac NW system continues to translate across the Intermountain West and into the Rockies tonight.

With said west to northwest flow, will see lee troughing in place across the I-25 Corridor, leading to some breezy gap flows and elevated fire weather conditions across the mid and upper Arkansas River valley and western Huerfano and Custer counties this afternoon. However, conditions do not look widespread enough to issue any fire weather highlights at this time. Otherwise, will increasing high level clouds through the late morning and afternoon, with temperatures warming to at and above seasonal levels in the upper 40s to mid 50s across the plains, warmest in the lee of the higher terrain west of the I-25 Corridor and the southeastern tier, with readings mainly in the 30s and 40s across the higher terrain.

Will see breezy west to northwest winds developing over and near the higher terrain through the evening, which will spread across the southeast plains overnight, as said upper trough continues across the Rockies. With the northwest flow and embedded moisture associated with the passing trough, snow is expected to develop across the Central mtns, with spotty accumulations of an inch or two possible, across the higher terrain north of Cottonwood Pass. Otherwise, the breezy conditions and slowly decreasing clouds into early Thursday morning will keep overnight lows mainly in the teens and 20s, with some single digit readings across the high mountain valleys.

LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/

Issued at 224 AM MST Wed Jan 28 2026

Thursday Through Sunday..

The second half of our work week and our weekend look to be categorized by northwest flow aloft, dry conditions, and near normal or warmer than normal temperatures for most locations. Breezy northwest and northerly winds are likely for portions of the plains on Thursday, with gusts to 35 mph or so possible. Temperatures look to climb into the 40s and low 50s for our plains and mountain valleys, which is fairly normal for most locations. Light snow will come to an end early in the morning for the central mountains, with all other locations remaining dry. For now, a warming and drying trend continues for Friday through Sunday, which each day looking slightly warmer, and all three days looking to remain dry. That said, models drag a low across the Great Lakes region through this timeframe as well. At this time, the arctic airmass associated with the system looks to stay to our east, but there will be chances (less than 30 percent) that it could push further westwards towards our area. If newer model runs increase this probability, expected high temperatures for Friday, and possibly Saturday, will likely be cooler than currently forecast, especially on our far eastern plains. There could even be chances for light snow on our far eastern plains Friday night if the systems pushes west enough. At this time though, models keep those impacts to our east, leaving us in warmer and drier conditions here in CO, with highs into the middle and upper 50s on our plains by Sunday.

Monday onwards..

Models begin to break the ridge down around the Monday timeframe, bringing in a stronger disturbance by Tuesday or so. At this time, Monday looks to be a transition day, with very warm temperatures and dry humidity values. Winds appear to be weaker than critical fire weather thresholds at this time, but this trend will need to be closely monitored. Cooler temperatures and snow chances appear possible by the Tuesday/Wednesday timeframe.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 1027 AM MST Wed Jan 28 2026

KCOS and KPUB: VFR conditions are expected over the next 24 hours. Winds are expected to remain relatively light this afternoon, around and less than 10 knots, though will become more northerly and gusty this evening as a cold front pushes southward. After that, winds are expected to lessen during the overnight hours and into tomorrow morning. In addition, low level wind shear may develop at both sites, but particularly KPUB, where winds will rapidly increase in height. Otherwise, areas of cloud cover will lessen through today, with dry conditions anticipated.

KALS: VFR conditions are expected over the next 24 hours. Winds are expected to remain relatively light this TAF period, around and less than 10 knots. Otherwise, areas of cloud cover will lessen through today, with dry conditions anticipated.

PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.