Fountain, Colorado 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS65 KPUB 251137
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
537 AM MDT Wed Mar 25 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Record warmth continues today and Thursday.

- Spotty Critical Fire Weather conditions in the valleys today will
expand across most of southern CO on Thursday.

- Substantial cool down for Friday across the eastern plains behind
a cold front, then warming again with disturbances bringing chances
for showers and thunderstorms late weekend into early next week.

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
Issued at 1247 AM MDT Wed Mar 25 2026

Upper level ridging over CO on Wednesday will slacken the winds
aloft as mid level temperatures continue to warm.  This will result
in some of the warmest readings this week across southern CO with
high temperatures easily breaking old record highs for this date,
and coming close to the new all time record monthly highs for March,
especially at KALS.  Although winds will be breezy again at times
across the mountains, critical fire weather conditions look localized
across areas under the Red Flag Warning for Wednesday. H7 winds
stay under 20 kts and with deep mixing gusty conditions still
do not look widespread enough across Teller County and the
southeast mountains to upgrade the lingering Fire Weather Watch
to a Red Flag Warning. Plan to cancel this watch with the new
package. One wild card is the chance for some high based
showers/virga which develops over the mountains and spreads off
into the adjacent plains during the evening. Some locally
enhanced winds may accompany these, though would also expect a
marginal increase in humidity as well. Not much precipitation is
expected to reach the ground however, so this will not be
enough to result in a wetting rain.

Overnight lows Wednesday night will be mild once again as lee
troughing intensifies and shifts eastward ahead of the approaching
shortwave.  Humidity recoveries along the lower east facing slopes
of the southeast mountains will be poor where westerly drainage
winds remain enhanced overnight.  This will set the stage for more
critical fire weather conditions on Thursday. -KT

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
Issued at 1247 AM MDT Wed Mar 25 2026

Another round of record breaking warmth and more widespread critical
fire weather conditions can be expected for Thursday.  Flow aloft
increases as a Pacific shortwave off the southern coast of CA fills
and ejects across southern CO on Thursday. Northern stream
upper jet sags south as well with a cold front pushing into
northern portions of the southeast plains in the afternoon. This
quickly races through the plains during the late afternoon and
evening. Gusty west winds during the early part of the day will
result in another round of critical fire weather conditions, and
current Fire Weather Watches still look on target with greatest
uncertainty across northern sections of the southeast plains
where timing of the cold front will be most vulnerable to
change. Humidity values will quickly increase behind the front,
though so will the winds, with a sharp wind shift from the north
gusting to 40 mph or more during the evening. Probabilities of
50 mph or greater have decreased to 30% or less across the far
eastern counties in latest NBM probabilistic data, though the
tight surface pressure gradient would suggest leaning towards
the higher side of probabilistic guidance for wind gusts.

Low clouds spread in behind the front and linger through Friday
morning along the I-25 corridor and lower eastern slopes of the
southeast mountains.  A substantial cool down is expected,
especially for the plains where highs will go from lower 90s on
Thursday down to the 50s for Friday. Did nudge temperatures
down from National Blend of Models a tad. Disturbances in
northwest flow, along with embedded moisture banked up across
the southeast mountains will result in isolated to low end
scattered showers across the mountains in the afternoon. Any
precipitation will remain spotty and light. It will still be
breezy in the afternoon, but humidity levels should stay high
enough to avoid a return of critical fire weather conditions.

Upper ridge returns for Saturday with temperatures rebounding back
into the lower 80s across the plains.  With the warmth and return of
lee troughing, we could see some marginal critical fire weather
conditions return to the valleys and portions of the I-25 corridor
on Saturday.

A pattern change brings southwest for for Sunday into early next
week with embedded southern stream disturbances bringing influxes of
subtropical moisture and daily chances for afternoon and evening
showers and thunderstorms, especially over the mountains.
Precipitation amounts look light at this point, though the long
range models are advertising a stronger trough sometime late
next week which could bring more substantial precipitation
amounts to the mountains. Otherwise temperatures will remain
well above normal. -KT

&&

.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY/...
Issued at 536 AM MDT Wed Mar 25 2026

VFR conditions are expected at all three TAF sites, KCOS, KPUB, and
KALS, for the next 24 hours. Increasing southerly winds with gusts
to 25kt will be possible at all three stations this afternoon. Winds
weaken and follow normal drainage patterns after sunset this
evening. Scattered to broken middle and upper-level cloud decks are
expected through much of the period.

&&

.CLIMATE...
Issued at 133 PM MDT Tue Mar 24 2026

Record High Temperatures

     March 25th..

Pueblo: 81 in 2004
Colorado Springs: 75 in 2012
Alamosa: 73 in 2012

     March 26th...

Pueblo: 84 in 2022 and 2004
Colorado Springs: 81 in 1971
Alamosa: 73 in 1971

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Fire Weather Watch from Thursday afternoon through Thursday
evening for COZ220>222-224-225-227>233-235>237.
Red Flag Warning from noon today to 7 PM MDT this evening for
COZ222-224.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...KT
LONG TERM...KT
AVIATION...EHR
CLIMATE...KT