Fire Weather Concerns for the Plains; Record Warmth Spreads

Dry and breezy conditions prevail across the High Plains where elevated to locally critical conditions continue through today. Meanwhile, record warmth increases and spreads across the South, Southwest and into southern California into this last weekend of February. Meanwhile, a fast moving system moves across the central Plains then off the mid-Atlantic by this evening. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Salida - Monarch Pass (KMYP)

Lat: 38.5°NLon: 106.32°WElev: 11893ft.

Partly Cloudy

23°F

-5°C

Humidity 80%
Wind Speed NA
Barometer 30.27 in
Dewpoint 18°F (-8°C)
Visibility NA
Last update 26 Feb 7:35 am MST
Extended Forecast for

3 Miles W Garfield CO

  • Today

    Today: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 10am.  Patchy blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 26. Wind chill values between zero and 10. Windy, with a west wind 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.

    High: 26 °F

    Slight Chance
    Snow Showers
    and Patchy
    Blowing Snow

  • Tonight

    Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 19. Windy, with a west northwest wind 20 to 30 mph.

    Low: 19 °F

    Mostly Clear
    and Windy

  • Friday

    Friday: Sunny, with a high near 32. Breezy, with a west wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

    High: 32 °F

    Sunny and
    Breezy

  • Friday Night

    Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Breezy, with a west wind 20 to 25 mph.

    Low: 23 °F

    Mostly Clear
    and Breezy

  • Saturday

    Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a west wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

    High: 35 °F

    Mostly Sunny
    and Breezy

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph.

    Low: 28 °F

    Mostly Cloudy
    and Breezy

  • Sunday

    Sunday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 11am.  Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.

    High: 36 °F

    Slight Chance
    Snow Showers
    and Windy

  • Sunday Night

    Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

    Low: 26 °F

    Slight Chance
    Snow Showers
    and Breezy

  • Monday

    Monday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers after 11am.  Partly sunny, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a west southwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

    High: 34 °F

    Chance Snow
    Showers and
    Breezy

Detailed Forecast

Today
A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 10am. Patchy blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 26. Wind chill values between zero and 10. Windy, with a west wind 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 19. Windy, with a west northwest wind 20 to 30 mph.
Friday
Sunny, with a high near 32. Breezy, with a west wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Breezy, with a west wind 20 to 25 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a west wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Sunday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday
A 30 percent chance of snow showers after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a west southwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Monday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Breezy, with a west wind around 20 mph.
Tuesday
Snow showers likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 32. Breezy, with a west wind around 20 mph becoming south in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.
Tuesday Night
A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Breezy, with an east southeast wind around 20 mph becoming northeast in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday
A chance of snow showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. West wind around 15 mph.
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ABOUT THIS FORECAST

 
Point Forecast:
3 Miles W Garfield CO
 38.56°N 106.36°W (Elev. 12507 ft)
6:17 am MST Feb 26, 2026
7am MST Feb 26, 2026-6pm MST Mar 4, 2026
 
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