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489 FXUS65 KBOU 210650 AFDBOU Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1150 PM MST Fri Feb 20 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Cooler weekend, well around average temperatures, before another big warm-up next week. - Shot of moisture Wednesday in the high country with stronger winds across the urban corridor and plains. - Fire weather concerns increase mid-week. && .DISCUSSION /Through Friday/... Issued at 1149 PM MST Fri Feb 20 2026 You made it to the weekend, congrats! Your reward, a few days that will feel like a late February winter day, minus the snow though, outside of the high country. You could always go make dirt angels and throw dirt balls at one another, just don`t add rocks to them, that wouldn`t be prudent. As has been the theme for our winter in eastern Colorado, winds and more winds. Saturday won`t be windy per se but it`ll be breezy over the far eastern plains in the wake of a weak cool front adding to some downsloping off the Cheyenne Ridge. Sunday we will see some return flow and clearing skies to allow temperatures to moderate a tad back to a few degrees above normal, then the warmth dial gets turned to 11... Monday we`ll likely, 70% chance, see daytime highs over the urban corridor and the plains reach into the low to mid-60s and then 65- 90% chance of 70 degrees on Tuesday. Yes, checking the calendar it still shows that next week is February. 70 degrees is a mere 25 degrees above average and with no moisture falling from the sky, relative humidities will bottom out in the low-teens/upper single digits Monday and Tuesday. Winds look to take a break fortunately with ridging moving close enough to the area. Then we turn to Wednesday with the approach of the next short-wave trough of low pressure. Deeper mixing is expected on Wednesday while a dry front tries to slide through the region...similar to Tuesday`s front from earlier this week. Some guidance is hinting at moisture spilling onto the Front Range with the shortwave trough, but thinking it`s overdone and the coarser resolution bleeds too much to the east of the divide. Regardless, Wednesday will be windy from the urban corridor and eastward with with a decent low and upper level jet structure. The shortwave does produce some snowfall in the high country during the day with whatever moisture it has available, maybe a couple of tenths of liquid. Thursday also looks warm and mostly dry with breezy/windy conditions over the plains once again. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS through 06Z Sunday/... Issued at 1023 PM MST Fri Feb 20 2026 VFR conditions should prevail through the TAF period. Last bit of stratus on satellite is finally breaking up and pushing east of DEN as weak drainage has kicked in at DEN/APA. A little uncertainty with winds on Saturday as guidance keeps most of the metro light/variable. Followed MOS guidance for now but either way speeds should generally be less than 10kt Saturday into Saturday night. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Heavener AVIATION...Hiris