Tonight's Forecast:
This evening will be mostly clear, dry, and mild. Temperatures will generally fall to the 50s in the mountains and 60s in the plains. It will be a clear morning for Labor Day Lift Off on Sunday.
Sunday Forecast:
It will be a hot day, about 10 degrees above average. The sky will be partly cloudy across southern Colorado. There are expected to be scattered showers and thunderstorms in the mountains, with just a few showers making it to I-25 before quickly dissipating.
Colorado Springs forecast: Low: 61; High: 91;
Partly cloudy on Sunday with E wind at 10 mph gusting to 20 mph.
Pueblo forecast: Low: 62; High: 97;
Mostly sunny with ENE wind at 10 mph gusting to 25 mph.
Canon City forecast: Low: 61; High: 92;
Partly cloudy on Sunday with a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. There will be S wind at 10 mph gusting to 20 mph.
Woodland Park forecast: Low: 54; High: 81;
Partly cloudy with afternoon thunderstorms possible. Winds will be from the E at 10 mph gusting to 20 mph.
Tri-Lakes forecast: Low: 57; High: 85;
Partly cloudy with a low chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. Wind will be from the E at 10 mph gusting to 20 mph.
Plains forecast: Low: 50s/60s; High: 90s/100s;
Mostly sunny and hot in the upper 90s to low 100s with E wind at 10-15 mph gusting to 20 mph.
Walsenburg and Trinidad forecast: Low: 61/61; High: 91/93;
Mostly sunny with an ESE breeze at 10 mph gusting to 25 mph.
Mountains forecast: Low: 50s; High: 80s;
A light breeze and warm in the 80s with scattered afternoon thunderstorms expected in the mountain valleys.
Extended outlook forecast:
Monday will be another hot day with a few mountain thunderstorms, very similar to Sunday's weather. Then a cold front will moderate temperatures, cooling us down 5-10 degrees for Tuesday and Wednesday, but it should be a relatively dry front. Then the rest of the week we gradually warm back up to above average summer temperature and dry weather.
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