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The Colorado Department of Transportation urges motorists and commercial motor vehicle drivers to prepare for extensive detours when accessing Southwest Colorado, specifically Pagosa Springs and nearby Durango. Recent flooding washed out roads and a bridge, causing full closures on common routes and significant repair delays along key corridors. Motorists should...
Quiet week ahead: temps four to eight degrees above normal, breezy Tuesday, light flurries in the mountains. Enjoy the calm before Sunday.
Houseboats at Navajo State Park. Colorado Parks & Wildlife staff are responding to recent flooding in southwestern Colorado in a multitude of ways across the San Luis Valley, at Navajo State Park and areas west of Wolf Creek Pass. CPW has also deployed its swift-water rescue team to Archuleta County to assist with operations.
PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. — Emergency management officials across southwestern Colorado are conducting aerial and ground assessments this week after two historic autumn storms battered the Four Corners region in little more than a week, washing away homes, buckling highways, and stretching local rescue resources thin, according to The Colorado Sun. In Pagosa Springs, the San Juan River crested at roughly 15 feet during an late-October atmospheric river event before surging to nearly 17 feet during a second deluge on November 2, undermining half the foundation of the Pagosa Springs Museum and sweeping at least one riverside home downstream.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — The first in a series of storms could reach the Southwest and Rockies as early as Saturday, November 14. Forecast models are in pretty good agreement on the timing, which raises confidence in a long-awaited pattern change. The storm is expected to bring mountain snow to the higher terrain and rain to lower elevations. Impacts east of the Continental Divide remain much less certain because of the storm’s track.
Reported stop-sign challenge raises concerns as Colorado faces icy intersections, snow and earlier darkness.
Southern Colorado expects a calm week with temperatures rising toward the 70s in Pueblo and Cañon City before clouds move in mid-week and snow becomes possible by November 17.
MONDAY NIGHT: Overnight lows drop into the mid 30s for most of southern Colorado. Clear sky conditions continue with a light breeze. TUESDAY: Partly cloudy skies are expected with wind gusts up to 20 or 25 MPH for southern Colorado. Highs will be similar today Monday, sitting 10 to 12 degrees above averages with dry time and sunshine.
DENVER, Colo. — If forecasts for Colorado have seemed less reliable lately, especially beyond two days out, there is a specific reason behind it. A large gap in upper-air weather data across the Rocky Mountain West has made it harder for forecast models to get the details right. The good news is that twice-daily weather balloon launches resumed at most affected sites starting November 4. Forecasters are hopeful that model accuracy will improve as that data flows back in.
The Colorado Congressional delegation has asked President Trump to respond to Gov. Jared Polis’s request for an expedited Presidential Major Disaster Declaration following devastating and historic flooding and debris flows in southwestern Colorado and the San Luis Valley. The delegation said the request pertains to the initial flooding on Oct. 22-25, the plea came in the midst of a second catastrophic flooding event across the same region, which adds urgency to their request. These impacts, they wrote, are compounded by the damaging flooding in October 2025, which have seriously strained available resources for recovery for previously affected communities.
TODAY: We're tracking a gorgeous Monday! A ridge of high pressure, bringing sunny skies and calm winds, allows us to top off 10-15 degrees above average in the low to mid 70s along and east of I-25. Expect 50s and 60s in the mountains. TOMORROW: It's another warm and dry...
Mild November temperatures continue with only a brief Wednesday cooldown and breezy conditions Tuesday.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Lows will drop into the 30s for most in southern Colorado with a light breeze up to 10 MPH while we continue to stay dry. Clear sky conditions are expected as well. MONDAY: As a high pressure ridge builds and amplifies, expect Monday to be the warmest day...
Crews are starting to reopen the boat ramps at Lake Powell, less than two months after the reservoir dried to its lowest recorded level. The water elevation rose more than 19 feet since it bottomed out on Sept. 15 at about 3516 feet, and nearly 16 feet since Oct. 20, when this year’s Super El Niño weather pattern brought consecutive rain events across the Southwest.
Southwest Colorado roads got hammered with rain when Hurricane Trudy's remnants stalled over the region.
NOTE: This is a preliminary report that is subject to revision. Reservoir comparisons use the October 14 midnight storage values published in the Bureau of Reclamation’s October 2026 24-Month Study (issued October 15) and the latest available observations through November 5, 2026. Percent-of-capacity figures are calculated against Reclamation’s published live storage capacities. Damage figures and infrastructure assessments are preliminary and are expected to change. AI was used to assist with research.
Colorado Springs warms to 70°F Monday before Veterans Day brings cooler afternoons and chilly nights.
The FOX21 Storm Team expects calm weather and rising temperatures across Southern Colorado over the coming days, while snow buildup threatens El Paso County by the 17th.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO — A fast-moving storm is sweeping across southern Colorado, and some areas could see rain change over to wet snow tonight, Thursday, November 5. Forecasters give it about a 30 percent chance that rain turns to snow around Monument Hill, across northern El Paso County, and over the Raton Mesa near Walsenburg and Trinidad. Because the storm is moving quickly, any slushy accumulation should stay mostly on grassy surfaces, not on roads. Radar already shows snow falling in the central mountains, rain across the Arkansas River Valley, and a rain and snow mix in between.
