Weather & Climate

Warm and dry early spring conditions continued to expand the area impacted by drought in southeast Colorado over the past week. All of Baca and Prowers Counties are...

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Tuesday (April 5, 2016) from 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. for much of southern Colorado including Kiowa County...

Another week starting with a Fire Weather Watch High temperatures for the week will be mainly in the 70s starting Sunday, reaching the mid to upper 70s Monday and...

Another dry weekend is in the forecast for southeast Colorado and Kiowa County - and once again fire alerts will be possible early in the week. Friday (April 1, 2016...

While the overall area considered "abnormally dry" decreased slightly in Colorado over the past week, the area in low-level drought increased. According to the March...

UPDATE: as expected, the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Warning covers all the counties under...

Starting the week with fire weather alerts has been the rule for March, and this week appears to be no different despite our hopes in Friday's report. Monday's fire...

(Seventh and final article in a week-long series on flood and fire issues in Colorado. Friday's article can be found here.) Colorado has more than its fair share of...

For the optimist looking for precipitation in Kiowa County this weekend, there is hope in the forecast for Friday night and Saturday - though in very slim amounts....

Following a rapid expansion of abnormally dry conditions across the southeast quarter of Colorado in March, moderate drought is now impacting most of Baca County and...

(Fifth in a week-long series on flood and fire issues in Colorado. Wednesday's article can be found here.)

(Fourth in a week-long series on flood and fire issues in Colorado. Tuesday's article can be found here.) Flash floods are no strangers to Colorado. Since the...

(Third in a week-long series on flood and fire issues in Colorado. Monday's article can be found here.) Today's topic during this Flood Safety and Wildfire Awareness...