Tracking Areas of Fire Weather, Winter Weather, and Severe Weather Thursday

Continuation of gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring additional periods of critical fire weather to the southern Plains Thursday and Friday. Another Pacific storm will continue gusty winds and heavy snow over the western mountains into Thursday. Severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the middle Mississippi into lower Ohio Valleys Thursday afternoon into early evening. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Butts Army Airfield (Fort Carson) (KFCS)

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

Fair and Windy

34°F

1°C

Humidity	20%
Wind Speed	NW 28 G 35 mph
Barometer	29.38 in (995.1 mb)
Dewpoint	-3°F (-19°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	21°F (-6°C)
Last update	19 Feb 12:55 am MST

More Information:

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Extended Forecast for

5 Miles SSW Manitou Springs CO

High Wind Warning until February 19, 08:00am

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High Wind Warning

High Wind Warning until February 19, 08:00am
NOW until 8:00am Thu
High Wind Warning
Overnight
Low: 8 °F
Mostly Clear
and Very
Windy
Thursday
High: 23 °F
Sunny and
Windy
Thursday Night
Low: 6 °F
Partly Cloudy
and Breezy
then Slight
Chance Snow
Showers
Friday
High: 23 °F
Snow Showers
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Friday Night
Low: 5 °F
Slight Chance
Snow Showers
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Saturday
High: 29 °F
Sunny
Saturday Night
Low: 10 °F
Mostly Clear
Sunday
High: 34 °F
Mostly Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Overnight

Mostly clear, with a low around 8. Wind chill values between -10 and -15. Very windy, with a west wind 45 to 50 mph, with gusts as high as 70 mph.

Thursday

Sunny, with a high near 23. Wind chill values between -5 and -15. Windy, with a west northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 20 to 25 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.

Thursday Night

A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 6. Wind chill values between -5 and -10. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Friday

Snow showers, mainly after 11am. Patchy blowing snow after 4pm. High near 23. Wind chill values between -5 and 5. Blustery, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Friday Night

A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 11pm. Patchy blowing snow before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 5. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 29. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 10. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 17. South wind around 5 mph becoming west in the evening.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Southwest wind around 5 mph.