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FXUS65 KPUB 212012
AFDPUB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
212 PM MDT TUE OCT 21 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY ON TAP FOR WEDNESDAY.
- DISTURBANCE THU/FRI WILL BRING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE REGION.
- MUCH COOLER AIR ARRIVING MONDAY THROUGH MID-WEEK WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW
LIKELY.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
ISSUED AT 211 PM MDT TUE OCT 21 2025
CURRENTLY...AFTER A VERY COLD START ACROSS THE REGION, ABUNDANT
SUNSHINE HAS HELPED WARM TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON AS OF 1 PM IN THE MID
50S TO MID 60S FOR THE HIGH VALLEYS, AND 60S TO AROUND 70F FOR THE
PLAINS.
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...MINOR RIDGING ALOFT ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION WILL PROVIDE FOR A MOSTLY CLEAR AND COOL NIGHT TONIGHT, THEN
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY TOMORROW. SOME HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE
INCREASE FROM THE WEST LATE IN THE DAY AS AN UPPER LOW OFF THE WEST
COAST PUSHES ONSHORE ACROSS SOUTHERN CA.
PLAN ON OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 20S TO AROUND 30F FOR THE HIGH
VALLEYS, AND 30S FOR THE PLAINS. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPS TOMORROW WILL
BE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS, WITH 60S FOR THE HIGH
VALLEYS, AND MID 60S TO LOWER 70S FOR THE PLAINS. MOORE
LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 316 AM MDT TUE OCT 21 2025
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
AN MID LEVEL TROUGH/CLOSE LOW IN THE SUBTROPICAL JET WILL CROSS THE
REGION DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING HIGH ELEVATION
SNOW SHOWERS AND VALLEY/PLAINS RAIN SHOWERS TO THE REGION,
ESPECIALLY LATER THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM HAS
SUBTROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS, SO IT WILL BE WARM. TEMPS THESE TWO
DAYS WILL BE AROUND SEASONABLE, WITH THE TEMPS ON FRIDAY BEING
A TAD COOLER.
SATURDAY...
WEAK MID LEVEL RIDGE MOVES OVER REGION BRINGING CONTINUED NICE
WEATHER TO THE REGION. THIS DAY WILL LIKELY BE THE WARMEST DAY OF
THE 7 DAY PERIOD WITH TEMPS WARMING INTO THE 70S PLAINS.
SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK...
GRADIENT ALOFT TIGHTENS AND THE MAIN JET STREAM DIVES TOWARDS THE
REGION AND DROPS A BIT SOUTH WITH TIME. ONE MORE WARM DAY WILL OCCUR
ON THE PLAINS SUNDAY BEFORE THE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL
SIGNIFICANTLY. WITH THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT INTENSIFYING OVER
THE REGION, SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL MTN
REGION, ESPECIALLY FROM LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. TEMPS ACROSS
THE AREA WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WITH
DOWNSLOPE OCCURRING ON THE PLAINS, IT SHOULD REMAIN DRY AND
BREEZY/WINDY (ESPECIALLY MONDAY). \/HODANISH
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY/
ISSUED AT 1115 AM MDT TUE OCT 21 2025
VFR CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS, INCLUDING THE THREE MAIN TAF SITES OF KCOS, KPUB AND KALS.
LIGHT DIURNAL SURFACE WINDS GENERALLY UNDER 10 KTS EXPECTED.
PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...MOORE
LONG TERM...HODANISH
AVIATION...MOORE
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