Fire Weather Watch | Colorado Weather

Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly. And welcome to the Colorado Weather Podcast — it's Monday, February 23rd. Step outside right now and you're feeling 23 degrees. But here's the twist.. By 3 P.M. Today, the Front Range hits 66 degrees. That's a 43-degree swing in eight hours. Down along the Front Range, you're looking at spring preview weather. Sunny skies push you to 66 degrees this afternoon. Winds stay light, shifting west-southwest around 1 P.M. Here's where it gets weird. Tonight, clouds roll in and temperatures actually climb. You drop to 35 degrees, then bounce back to 37 by morning. Warmer at midnight than at sunrise. Tuesday cranks it up even more — 70 degrees with gusts to 22 miles an hour. Southern Front Range, you're in for similar warmth. Highs near 63 degrees today under sunny skies. Watch for a wind shift around 11 A.M. — northwest flips to south-southeast. That sets up Tuesday's drama. Fire Weather Watches are posted for tomorrow. Gusts hit 40 miles an hour with humidity dropping to 10 percent. That's tinderbox territory. Overnight lows only dip to 36 degrees before Tuesday's 70-degree push. Western Slope, winter's not done with you. Highs today struggle to 52 degrees — a full 22 degrees cooler than the Front Range. Winds shift from east-southeast to northwest around 2 P.M. The midweek cooldown brings snow Wednesday. Northern mountains could see 3 to 6 inches. For the week. Tuesday is peak warmth — 60s and 70s statewide. Then a midweek storm delivers mountain snow and plains winds gusting to 55 miles an hour. Fire danger spikes Tuesday and Thursday along I-25. By the weekend, we're back to the 60s with possible rain and snow showers Sunday. Sunrise at 6:43 A.M., sunset at 5:46 P.M. — gaining 2 minutes and 32 seconds of daylight today. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.