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472 FXUS65 KBOU 071134 AFDBOU Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 434 AM MST Fri Nov 7 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Light snow showers expected in the northern mountains tonight with light accumulations. - Strong winds will develop Saturday across the plains with gusts up to 50 mph. This will lead to near-critical fire weather conditions across the plains on Saturday. - Record warmth possible next week with dry conditions. && .DISCUSSION /Through Thursday/... Issued at 249 PM MST Thu Nov 6 2025 Water vapor imagery shows a trough moving into Nebraska with subsident flow moving over Colorado. This trough has been responsible producing strong wind gusts across our forecast area. Many wind gusts in the 50-55 mph range have been reported in the foothills and across the eastern plains mainly close to the Wyoming border. In addition, this trough has brought snow showers to the northern mountains. The bulk of the snow showers have formed in and around Rocky Mountain National Park. Radar shows these snow showers are diminishing and that trend will continue this evening as the snow showers will come to an end. Brief ridging aloft will be over Colorado on Friday. This will lead to highs 5-10 F above normal with light winds across the plains. A strong positively tilted trough will move across northeastern Colorado Friday night into Saturday morning. This will bring another wave of light snow showers to the northern mountains. 1-4" of snow are expected mainly in the Park Range and Medicine Bow Range. A cold front associated with this trough will move across the eastern plains around midnight Friday night. During the day on Saturday, strong winds will occur over the plains with gusts up to 50 mph. The highest wind gusts will be to the north and east of Fort Morgan. The cold air behind the front will result in the coldest night of the season Saturday night. Plenty of locations across the plains will see lows in the teens. A strong and broad ridge aloft will move over Colorado Monday through Friday of next week. This will lead to an extended period of well above normal temperatures with dry conditions. Ensembles guidance shows this period could see multiple record highs tied or broken as highs in the upper 70s are possible across the plains. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS through 12Z Saturday/... Issued at 434 AM MST Fri Nov 7 2025 VFR to prevail today and tonight. Winds are expected to remain a south to southeast direction through this morning. However, winds become light by 16-18Z with wind direction becoming more uncertain for this afternoon, after 19Z. The light winds continue through this evening. A cold front arrives after midnight (08-09Z) bring northeast winds with it. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Danielson AVIATION...12