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FXUS65 KPUB 252344
AFDPUB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
544 PM MDT SAT JUL 25 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- HOT TODAY, TOMORROW AND MONDAY, THEN A BIT LESS HOT THE REMAINDER
OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
- DAILY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING STORMS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN
THROUGH THE PERIOD.
- FEW IF ANY STORMS PLAINS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK, THEN POPS
CHANCES INCREASE THEREAFTER.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 107 PM MDT SAT JUL 25 2026
IT WILL BE HOT OVER THE PLAINS BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW. READING WILL
BE IN THE 100S OVER A GOOD PART OF THE PLAINS BOTH DAYS, WITH THE
HOTTEST WEATHER TOMORROW. READINGS WILL PUSH NEAR 110F TOMORROW
IN THE LAMAR REGION.
THE RECORD HIGH FOR TOMORROW AT PUEBLO COULD BE TIED OR BROKEN
(RECORD IS 103, FCST IS FOR 104). AT COS TOMORROW THE RECORD IS 97
AND THE FCST IS FOR 97). FOR ALAMOSA THE RECORD IS 91 AND THE
FCST IS 90.
FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN, THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MTNS SCATTERED
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH DAYS, WITH ISOLATED STORMS SAN LUIS
VALLEY. ANY HEAVY SHOWERS OVER THE BURN SCARS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
IF ANY RAIN OCCURS OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL BE IN LIKELY
ADJACENT TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN EL PASO AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 107 PM MDT SAT JUL 25 2026
HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE MONDAY, ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE A DEGREE OR TWO
COOLER ACROSS THE PLAINS. READINGS OF 104 TO 108 WILL BE LIKELY FROM
PUEBLO TO THE KS BORDER ALONG THE US50 CORRIDOR.
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN MONDAY
WITH THE BEST CHANCES ALONG THE CONTDVD. WITH FLOW BECOMING A
BIT MORE WESTERLY ALOFT, THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME
EVENING STORMS OVER THE PLAINS.
FOR TUESDAY ONWARD, TEMPERATURES WILL COOL DOWN A FEW DEGREES OVER
THE PLAINS WITH MAINLY 90S ACROSS THE PLAINS (ALTHOUGH THE
LAMAR AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND 100). SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS, AND WE WILL SEE
A BIT BETTER CHANCE .OF STORMS OVER THE PLAINS, ESPECIALLY ON
TUESDAY, AS A WEAK BOUNDARY MAY PUSH THROUGH ON THIS DAY.
\/HODANISH
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 535 PM MDT SAT JUL 25 2026
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
VICINITY OF KCOS AND KALS THROUGH 01-02Z RESULTING IN ERRATIC
OUTFLOW WINDS AND SOME LIGHT RAIN AT TIMES. OTHERWISE, EXPECT
CLEARING SKIES WITH WINDS SETTLING FROM THE NORTH AND BECOMING
LIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT KCOS BEHIND A WEAK
BOUNDARY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SHIFTING FROM THE NORTHEAST TO
EAST AT BOTH KPUB AND KCOS IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS AT KALS WILL
BECOME DOMINATED BY OUTFLOW WINDS ONCE AGAIN AFTER 18Z FROM
VCSH/-TSRA THERE IS LESS CONFIDENCE OF -TSRA ON STATION AT KCOS
AND KPUB SO WILL MAINTAIN VCSH AT KCOS FOR NOW WHERE ODD ARE
BEST. -KT
PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ083>086-093-
097-098.
HEAT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR COZ083>086-089-
093-095>099.
SHORT TERM...HODANISH
LONG TERM...HODANISH
AVIATION...KT
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