Colorado Springs, Colorado 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS65 KPUB 131710
AFDPUB

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1010 AM MST Tue Jan 13 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

-  Warm today then temperatures get knocked down a few degrees eastern
   areas for Wednesday behind a cold front

- Another warm up for Thursday with a stronger but now dry cold front
  expected for Friday.

- Continued cool especially eastern areas for Sat then another gradual
  warmup with continued dry conditions.

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
Issued at 225 AM MST Tue Jan 13 2026

One more warm day today with high cloudiness spilling in from the
north ahead of the upper jet dropping through the central plains
this afternoon and tonight.  Still monitoring conditions closely
across the San Luis Valley this morning for potential patchy ground
fog development.  With T/Td spreads only 1 degree apart, it seems
more probable this morning than yesterday. However airmass is deeply
dry aloft with some light northerly winds off the surface which
could mix boundary layer saturation out we continue to cool this
morning. If it occurs, suspect it will be patchy and right along the
Rio Grande River.  Otherwise, temperatures should warm nicely today,
with another good snowmelt day across the lower elevations.  Where
snow has melted out, high temperatures will top out in the 60s
across the plains with mainly 50s elsewhere.  High valleys will warm
into the 40s and 50s today with 20s and 30s across the mountains.

Energy dropping through the central plains will send a mainly dry
cold front through the plains.  Only place that could see a few
hours of light precipitation late tonight will be along the Palmer
Divide where a few flurries will be possible.  Otherwise, a mix of
low to mid level clouds will be the extent of impacts across the
southeast plains.  Winds will be gusty at times, with gusts up to 30
mph at times behind the front.  Mixing should keep low temperatures
on the warmer side tonight across the plains where lows will drop in
the upper 20s to lower 30s.  Coldest readings will be in the higher
valleys with some single digits and teens though high cloudiness
should help keep temperatures a few degrees warmer than the past few
nights for these areas.

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.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
Issued at 225 AM MST Tue Jan 13 2026

Little to no accumulation is expected from passing flurries/-SN
across the Palmer Divide Wednesday morning.  Temperatures behind the
front on Wed will be cooler across eastern areas with highs in the
upper 40s and lower 50s.  Winds will be gusty from the north across
the plains, especially in the morning.  Otherwise, temperatures out
west will be little changed from the previous day with highs in the
40s and 50s for the valleys and 20s and 30s for the higher
mountains.

Temperatures rebound some for Thursday ahead of another impulse
digging down the eastern side of the western U.S. upper ridge. This
will send a stronger cold front through the area, chilling
temperatures down for Friday and Saturday, especially for the
eastern plains.  Models have continued to trend of keeping the core
of colder air farther east, and the front dry as it moves through
the plains. This will mean highs in the 40s across the southeast
plains for both days with a smaller cool down for the mountains and
valleys.  Temperatures rebound again for Sunday into early next week
as flow aloft becomes more northwesterly as the western U.S. upper
ridge expands back eastward. -KT

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.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 1007 AM MST Tue Jan 13 2026

KALS...VFR conditions through the next 24 hours with light winds
and high level cloud cover.

KCOS and KPUB...VFR conditions through much of the period at
both sites. A cold front will arrive by mid to late afternoon,
with winds becoming northerly. Gusts at KCOS will likely
approach 20-25 kts into this evening. Low stratus is likely to
develop overnight into Wednesday morning with CIGS running
around 5 kft.  Mozley

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...KT
LONG TERM...KT
AVIATION...MOZLEY