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362 FXUS65 KBOU 100558 AFDBOU Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1058 PM MST Fri Jan 9 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - The coldest temperatures of the week will occur tonight with lows in the low teens across the plains and urban corridor. Some areas could drop to the single digits especially across the Palmer Divide. - Moderating temperatures this weekend, with dry weather prevailing through midday Tuesday. - The next chance for precipitation will come late Tuesday and into Wednesday. && .DISCUSSION /Through Friday/... Issued at 240 PM MST Fri Jan 9 2026 Some flurries have lingered for quite a while across the southern foothills and Palmer Divide today. These will come to an end around sunset as the daytime heating ends. Clouds will clear tonight with dry conditions. This will allow temperatures to fall below normal with teens across most of the urban corridor and plains with single digits on the Palmer Divide and in the usual cold spots like Greeley and Limon. From Saturday through the following week, Colorado will be on the eastern edge of an anomalously strong ridge over the western US. This will lead to an extended period of dry weather due to subsident flow. Temperatures aloft will increase through Tuesday with temperatures warming above normal. Monday and Tuesday will have highs in the upper 50s to 60s across the I-25 corridor and plains. Winds will be breezy each day but there are not expected to be any significant high wind events. Some elevated fire weather conditions may develop across the northeast plains especially on Tuesday. Shortwave troughs within the northwesterly flow aloft may move over Colorado Tuesday night and again on Thursday into Friday. The Tuesday night trough may bring very light precipitation to our forecast area. The Thursday trough may also bring light precipitation and could allow colder temperatures to slide across the northeast plains. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS through 06Z Sunday/... Issued at 1042 PM MST Fri Jan 9 2026 VFR conditions through the TAF period. Light SSW winds are in place across the TAF sites late tonight. Aside from a slight increase in magnitude around 9Z tonight at KDEN, expecting winds to generally remain where they are at tonight. Winds at KBJC shift slightly more westerly between 9-11Z with increasing magnitudes through the morning. Hi-res solutions are split on NW winds mixing down in the afternoon. Have introduced a slightly more NW component for the afternoon for now, but if winds do mix down, expect a slightly more northerly component to afternoon wind directions compared to the current TAF, with 20-25kt gusts possible from roughly 19Z-23Z. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Danielson AVIATION...9