Fire & ice for Southern Colorado over the next 24-48 hours

Tonight’s Forecast:
All Pink Flag Warnings have been allowed to run out this night. For the in a single day hours, the winds will chill out some, permitting for relative humidity to restoration sufficient to cancel out the excessive hearth hazard. Nonetheless, with continued downslope move, in a single day lows is not going to be as chilly as the last few nights.

Colorado Springs forecast: Low: 28; Excessive: 53; Monday’s forecast would be the final of the nice and cozy stuff for awhile earlier than some large adjustments roll in for the remainder of the week. By Monday evening, a chilly entrance will deliver gusty winds and a few snow to the Pikes Peak Area, with gentle accumulations anticipated via Tuesday morning.

Pueblo forecast: Low: 22; Excessive: 57; Heat and windy on Monday, with excessive hearth hazard returning to Pueblo County. By Monday evening, a powerful chilly entrance will blast via the world, bringing the potential for a rain/snow combine to the world via Tuesday morning.

Canon Metropolis forecast: Low: 32; Excessive: 55; Gentle and at occasions windy on Monday earlier than a powerful chilly entrance strikes in by tomorrow night. A rain/snow combine early Monday evening ought to change to all snow in the course of the in a single day hours, with gentle accumulations into Tuesday morning.

Woodland Park forecast: Low: 23; Excessive: 42; A windy begin to the week will give method to snow by the late afternoon and night hours. Gentle snow showers will proceed via Tuesday morning, with totals in Teller County anticipated to vary between 1-3″.

Tri-Lakes forecast: Low: 20s/30s; Excessive: 40s/50s; A gentle and breezy day will give method to the potential for snow by Monday night. With 1-3″ totals anticipated, journey might develop into impacted from the Palmer Divide up via the Denver metro as we make our approach into Tuesday morning as areas simply to our north will bear the brunt of this storm.

Plains forecast: Low: 20s/30s; Excessive: 50s/60s; Excessive hearth hazard in the course of the day will give method to some large climate adjustments by Monday evening and Tuesday. With our subsequent winter storm strengthening over northern Colorado Monday night, snow will hit the Plains as robust winds additionally develop. Many of the greater impacts will happen nicely north of Freeway 50 because the northeastern Plains might see blizzard-like situations at occasions.

Walsenburg and Trinidad forecast: Low: 20s/30s; Excessive: 40s/50s; One other dry and windy day for the southern I-25 hall will result in a return of Pink Flag Warning situations beginning at 11 am. By Monday evening, a chilly entrance will sweep via the world, and though most the snow ought to keep north of us, we’re wanting chilly and windy by Tuesday.

Mountains forecast: Low: 10s/20s; Excessive: 20s/30s; Windy, with snow growing all through the day over the southeastern mountains. Though we’ll see a lot larger totals up north, an excellent 1-4″ of contemporary snow seems to be seemingly for the Wets and Sangres via noon Tuesday.

Prolonged outlook forecast:
Wrap-around moisture is prone to hold the snowflakes flying over the northern Plains and mountains nicely into the day on Tuesday. For the Plains, robust winds will affect the climate right here as nicely, with some very tough driving at occasions via Tuesday afternoon. Planning to journey north of I-70, verify street situations first earlier than heading out!

As low stress pulls away from the state on Wednesday, we are going to dry out, but in addition be fairly chilly temperature smart. A drier northwest move sample via the tip of the week will hold us nicely beneath common. One other Arctic entrance will deliver a reinforcing shot of colder air subsequent weekend, and a few attainable moisture Friday evening into Saturday morning.
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