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898 FXUS65 KBOU 302304 AFDBOU Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 504 PM MDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Critical fire weather conditions for the mountain valleys, Front Range Foothills, and adjacent plains until 8PM today. - A cold front overnight drops temperatures below normal for a change tomorrow. - Cooler by Tuesday with snow in the mountains and a chance of precipitation over the plains. Chances for precipitation increase for Wednesday. - Potential for another system to impact the region by the end of the week. && .DISCUSSION /Through Monday/... Issued at 101 PM MDT Mon Mar 30 2026 It`s another day of above normal temperatures, with DIA in the upper 70s as of early this afternoon. There is potential that we tie another record high today, but we might fall just short of the record (record high for this date is 82 degrees set in 2010). There`s also a very good chance we break the record for the warmest low temperature for this date. Our current low temperature for today at DIA is 51 degrees and we are not expecting to fall below this temperature again today. The current record for the warmest low temperature for this date is 49 degrees (set in 1913). The cold front will move through overnight, entering our northern counties along the WY border around midnight and moving south out of our southern counties by the early morning. Winds behind the front will be breezy from the north/northeast, with gusts around 25 to 45mph. The strongest wind gusts are expected to be in our northeastern Colorado counties. There are some low end precip chances (