Tracking Areas of Severe Thunderstorms, Critical Fire Weather, and Winter Weather

Strong to severe thunderstorms will bring scattered to widespread damaging winds and possibly several tornadoes overnight and Monday from the Ohio Valley into the Southeast U.S. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will continue Monday over the southern High Plains. A Pacific storm will continue heavy mountain snow and gusty winds in California through Monday. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Butts Army Airfield (Fort Carson) (KFCS)

Lat: 38.68°NLon: 104.76°WElev: 5842ft.

Overcast

38°F

3°C

Humidity	89%
Wind Speed	S 12 mph
Barometer	29.99 in (1015.6 mb)
Dewpoint	35°F (2°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	30°F (-1°C)
Last update	31 Mar 3:55 am MDT

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Extended Forecast for

3 Miles WSW Fort Carson CO

Red Flag Warning April 1, 12:00pm until April 1, 07:00pm

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Red Flag Warning

Today
High: 58 °F
Mostly Sunny
then Partly
Sunny and
Breezy
Tonight
Low: 43 °F
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday
High: 58 °F
Chance
Rain/Snow and
Windy
Tuesday Night
Low: 28 °F
Chance Snow
Showers
Wednesday
High: 52 °F
Sunny then
Slight Chance
Snow Showers
Wednesday Night
Low: 28 °F
Chance Snow
Showers
Thursday
High: 41 °F
Snow Showers
Likely
Thursday Night
Low: 26 °F
Chance Snow
Showers
Friday
High: 45 °F
Slight Chance
Snow Showers
then Snow
Showers
Likely

Detailed Forecast

Today

Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. West southwest wind around 15 mph.

Tuesday

A chance of rain showers between 9am and 5pm, then a chance of snow showers after 5pm. Patchy blowing dust between 11am and 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Windy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday

A 20 percent chance of snow showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night

A 40 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the evening.

Thursday

Snow showers likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Friday

Snow showers likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night

Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday

Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. North wind around 10 mph.

Saturday Night

A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.