816 FXUS65 KPUB 302122 AFDPUB Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pueblo CO 222 PM MST Tue Dec 30 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Light snow possible along the Continental Divide early Thursday morning through Friday morning. - Plains will remain mild and dry into early next week. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 222 PM MST Tue Dec 30 2025 Tonight through Wednesday... High pressure will continue building in across the region into Wednesday, leading to a continuation of dry and warming conditions across SE Colorado. Tonight, mostly clear skies again with light winds, leading to chilly lows in the teens-20s over most locations. The San Luis Valley will have stronger radiational cooling, dropping back into the single digits again. For Wednesday, notably warmer, with highs in the high-50s to mid- 60s out east, while the SLV remains in the high-50s and the mountains generally sit in the 30s. Cloud cover will start to increase later in the day from the west, but the area is still expected to remain dry. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... Issued at 221 AM MST Tue Dec 30 2025 Wednesday night through Friday...the upper ridge will continue to track eastward into the Central Plains Wednesday night, while an upper shortwave trough moves into Colorado. Expect an increase in cloud cover Wednesday night as the upper wave approaches. Current guidance keep most of the overnight hours dry, with isolated snow showers moving into the Continental Divide by Thursday morning. Overnight lows will be mild, with mid to upper 30s along the Eastern Mountain lee slopes, and lower 30s on the Plains. Snow will spread along the Continental Divide Thursday and Thursday night. Overall, ensembles and deterministic guidance continues to come in with less accumulation, with only around 1 to 3 inches Thursday into Friday morning. Highest amounts continue to look across the San Juan Range. While impacts look minimal at this time, roads over mountain passes could be slick at times Thursday into Friday morning. Snow will come to an end by Friday afternoon, as the energy shifts east and the next upper ridge builds in. Dry conditions will prevail across the Plains. Slightly enhanced mixing associated with the upper wave will help boost temperatures into the mid 60s on Thursday. While not overly windy, gap wind prone areas could see a few gusts during the afternoon hours to near 30 mph. Continued mild temperatures will continue into Friday, with highs a few degrees cooler with upper 50s to lower 60s on the Plains. Saturday through Tuesday...the biggest changes occurred with the weekend into early next week. Previous guidance had enhanced southwesterly flow across Colorado, with a potential for strong winds on Saturday. The 00z guidance this evening now develops a broad ridge across southern Colorado over the weekend, shifting it east into the Central Plains early next week. The biggest change is less potential for wind, and slightly warmer temperatures. By early next week, the upper ridge will shift to the east, with southwesterly flow spreading across Colorado. Energy in the flow looks minimal until mid week, with continued dry and mild conditions. Temperatures do look to cool a few degrees Monday into Tuesday, with 50s across the lower elevations. Mozley && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 1026 AM MST Tue Dec 30 2025 VFR conditions are expected at KALS, KCOS, and KPUB through 24 hours. Winds will remain light and diurnally driven. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...GARBEROGLIO LONG TERM...MOZLEY AVIATION...GARBEROGLIO