Record Warmth Lingers; Fire Weather Concerns; Unsettled Pacific Northwest

More record warm temperatures are forecast this week from California, Southwest, Plains then into the Mississippi Valley and Southeast. The warmth combining with dry conditions may result in elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions. Meanwhile, another Pacific system will move across the Pacific Northwest with lower elevation rain and mountain snows. For Hawaii, conditions improving. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Hazardous Weather Outlook

Current conditions at

Butts Army Airfield (Fort Carson) (KFCS)

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

Fair

62°F

17°C

Humidity	31%
Wind Speed	S 14 G 18 mph
Barometer	30.20 in (1019.4 mb)
Dewpoint	31°F (-1°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Last update	22 Mar 2:55 pm MDT

More Information:

Local Forecast Office More Local Wx 3 Day History Hourly Weather Forecast

Extended Forecast for

11 Miles NE Penrose CO

This Afternoon
High: 66 °F
Areas Smoke
and Breezy
Tonight
Low: 36 °F
Areas Smoke
and Breezy
Monday
High: 70 °F
Patchy Smoke
Monday Night
Low: 43 °F
Areas Smoke
Tuesday
High: 81 °F
Areas Smoke
then Partly
Sunny
Tuesday Night
Low: 50 °F
Partly Cloudy
Wednesday
High: 86 °F
Sunny
Wednesday Night
Low: 52 °F
Mostly Clear
Thursday
High: 81 °F
Sunny then
Sunny and
Breezy

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Areas of smoke. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight

Areas of smoke before 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Monday

Patchy smoke after 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Light and variable wind becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the morning.

Monday Night

Areas of smoke before 10pm, then patchy smoke after 2am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 43. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Tuesday

Areas of smoke before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the evening.

Wednesday

Sunny, with a high near 86. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Thursday

Sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 20 mph.

Friday

Partly sunny, with a high near 55. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight.

Saturday

Partly sunny, with a high near 70. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south in the afternoon.