textproduct: Pueblo

KEY MESSAGES

- Mainly dry with temperatures becoming hot again through Sunday.

- Areas of fire weather concerns (fire weather highlights) likely through Sunday.

- Moisture begins to ramp up slowly by Sunday, and increasing by mid/late week all areas.

- We should begin to cool down slowly starting Monday

SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/

Issued at 1215 AM MDT Thu Aug 6 2026

For today, haze and areas of smoke will be over the region throughout today. Temperatures will warm up into the 90s across the plains and around 90F San Luis Valley (SLV). Marginal Red Flag conditions will develop by this afternoon across the Continental Divide (CONTDVD) region. Little if any precip is expected today, If it occurs, it will be in the higher peaks of the mtn ranges EXCEPT the central mtn region, which will remain dry. Little, if any, precip is expected with any storm that does initiate.

For this evening, can' rule out an isolated storm along the NM/OK border, with the remainder of the region dry.

LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/

Issued at 1215 AM MDT Thu Aug 6 2026

Tomorrow, it heats up once again and 100s will be common over the plains by afternoon. Any precip that does form will be down along the immediate NM border region, especially the southern Sangre De Cristo mtns. A fire weather watch has been issued for the Pueblo and Fremont county regions this day as gap flow winds and RH values will reach marginal critical values.

For Saturday, hot and dry. Max temps plains will continue to warm up with readings 95 to 105, and Low 90s in the valleys. Critical fire weather conditions may develop over the far eastern plains on this day.

Sunday will be nearly identical to Saturday, although we should start to see an uptick in showers over the mtns, especially along the Divide, and monsoon moisture starts to push northward once again.

Monday, we begin to SLOWLY cool down and moisture will also slowly increase across the region, especially over the mtns. We may see some showers push out onto the plains Monday evening.

From Tuesday onward, temperatures will continue to cool down each day with better moisture moving into the region. By mid to late week we may have to start worrying about monsoon flooding returning to the region, especially THU and FRI. Temps by late in the week may only be in the 80s plains and valleys. \/Hodanish

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 1050 PM MDT Wed Aug 5 2026

VFR conditions expected early on, but MVFR stratus will develop near the mountains, which could spread into the KPUB and KCOS terminals after 10-11z. Have maintained a tempo group for both KCOS and KPUB through 15z for MVFR cigs. Otherwise, clear skies will return with increasing southeast to easterly winds through the day. KALS will remain VFR through the 24 hour period with light winds shifting from the northwest to north during the mid to late afternoon before winds become light and diurnally driven again Thursday evening. -KT

PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

Red Flag Warning from noon today to 7 PM MDT this evening for COZ220-223.