Colorado weather: High fire danger across eastern Colorado Monday
Mar 17, 2025
It was a warm and windy start to the week, with highs in the low 70s across the metro-area. Monday's high temperatures will be about 20 degrees warmer than normal for mid March! High winds will unfortunately lead to high fire da
nger across all of eastern Colorado. A red flag warning remains in place until 7 p.m. These stronger winds are due to the next storm that's set to roll through Colorado starting Tuesday. Snow will develop in the mountains on Tuesday and we'll see a rain/snow mix across the plains Tuesday night into early Wednesday. A winter weather advisory goes into effect at 6 a.m. on Tuesday in the mountains and remains in effect until early Wednesday morning. Our mountains west of the Continental Divide could see around 6 to 12 inches of snow, with those heavier totals above 10,000 feet. Right now, it looks like we could see 1 to 4 inches of snow for the Denver metro area and eastern plains by early Wednesday. There could be some tricky travel on the far Eastern Plains where the winds are going to kick up along with a few pockets of heavier snow. The storm will push east on Wednesday, but it will be a chilly one. Highs will be about 25 to 30 degrees colder than what we'll see Monday.Temperatures will rebound toward the end of the week, but we'll see a chance of light showers as we head into the weekend. Colorado weather: High fire danger across eastern Colorado MondayDENVER WEATHER LINKS: Hourly forecast | Radars | Traffic | Weather Page | 24/7 Weather Stream Click here to watch the Denver7 live weather stream. ...read more read less