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860 FXUS65 KBOU 092204 AFDBOU Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 304 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 /18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday/... Issued at 1051 AM MST Fri Jan 9 2026 Some lingering light snow and low clouds will be over APA and BJC until 19Z or so. That should be the last of the snow from this system as the shortwave trough responsible for the snow is moving well to the south and east of our forecast area. Mid level clouds will mostly clear out during the middle of the afternoon with VFR conditions through the rest of the TAF. The main impact will be winds at all terminals. Gusty northerly winds will continue through the day at DEN and APA with gusts up to 28 knots. The wind speeds will weaken slightly during the afternoon hours. This evening, winds will be light and variable. Winds will turn to drainage around 06Z and winds could gust up to 24 knots at DEN out of the southwest given the current snowpack configuration. For the forecast on Saturday, models are in disagreement as to whether the winds will be westerly or northerly at all terminals. Given the northwesterly flow aloft, it may just end up up being northwest winds but some uncertainty still exists. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Danielson AVIATION...Danielson