PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Firefighters are hoping for some level of containment Wednesday on the wildfire that grew far less on Tuesday than when it erupted on Monday. LATEST FIRE STATS & EVAC ORDERS: https://krdo.com/news/2026/07/06/aspen-acres-wildfire-updates-evacuations/ Authorities revealed on Tuesday that the fire has grown from 23,000 acres to more than 28,000 as of 3
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TODAY: It’s another day of low air quality and critical fire danger across Colorado with gusty 20-40 MPH winds mainly coming from the south-southwest. Red Flag Warnings continue with hot temps in the low to mid 90s in Colorado Springs and Pueblo. A few showers could pass through but these will not provide much relief. Severe
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Tonight we will see partly cloudy skies and hazy conditions caused by the Aspen Acres fire burning in Pueblo and Custer counties. It will be windy with southwest winds at around 15-20 mph. We do have a Red Flag Warning for most areas in Southern Colorado through 10 P.M. this evening, and most of our
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COLORADO CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — In a wildfire that grew from two acres to 23,000 in one day, firefighters battling the Aspen Acres Fire will take any help they can get. And they got more of it on Monday evening. That’s when FEMA — the Federal Emergency Management Agency — approved federal funding for 75%
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TODAY: It’s another critical fire danger day across Colorado with gusty 20-40 MPH winds mainly coming from the south-southwest. Red Flag Warnings continue with hot temps in the 80s and 90s in most areas from the mountains to the plains. Exceptionally dry weather persists for the Pikes Peak Region with relative humidity levels sitting below
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Today: Temperatures warm up to 89 degrees for Colorado Springs and 94 for Pueblo. The highest wind gust that hit the Colorado Springs airport was 51 mph. The Pueblo airport had a 37 mph gust. The winds are expected to continue to be gusty and bring 30-40 mph gusts across I-25 and the plains. The
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Today we will see partly cloudy skies with patchy smoke in the area. We will have breezy conditions with high near 90 degrees. We do have a Red Flag Warning because of a high fire danger in a large part of Southern Colorado and the High Country. That will be in place until 10 P.M.
Continue Reading TODAY: An upper-level trough of low pressure is hovering over the northern Rocky Mountains. Although Southern Colorado is under high pressure and hot temperatures, that low is causing gusty conditions. Wind gusts are around 20-30 mph with 40 mph gusts at times. Add in the dry conditions, and we have high fire danger and RED FLAG
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TODAY: Good morning and happy Sunday friends! We are smack dab in the middle of two weather systems: heat to our east, and a colder system bringing heavy *SNOW* to the northern Rockies of Idaho and Montana! For us here in Colorado, that means strong gusty winds and hot temperatures once again here on Sunday.
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TODAY: High temperatures will be back in the 90s. Colorado Springs is expected to hit 90 degrees at 4 p.m., with Pueblo around 8 degrees warmer, reaching 98 by 4 pm. Gusty conditions are expected to increase, mainly affecting the high country, where vegetation is also drier. 30 mph gusts are likely for the high country
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An upper-level system moving from the Pacific Northwest to the northern Rockies will help to pull air from the Desert Southwest into Colorado, setting the stage for a hotter and drier weekend of weather. TODAY: Any areas of low clouds across the northeastern corner of the state will erode by late morning, with plenty of
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Today: The final round of thunderstorms is rolling through this evening. Severe thunderstorms are popping up over the eastern plains from 6-8 p.m. Pueblo County is expecting to get some fast-moving storms and showers around 7 p.m. Colorado Springs is mainly expecting showers over the evening. However, the southern areas in El Paso County could
Continue Reading TODAY: Expect more low air quality due to wildfires burning out in Utah. we’re tracking scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and evening with only a few severe weather chances along and east of I-25. Highs will be in the mid 80s in Colorado Springs and low 90s in Pueblo. WEEKEND: Saturday and Sunday will
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Tonight, we will see mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms. We could potentially see some severe storms out on the Eastern Plains. The biggest threats with those severe storms that do fire up will be large hail and strong, damaging winds. Overnight lows will fall into the mid to upper
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Today: It’s our most mild day temperature wise. However, we still have thunderstorms starting around 1 pm for Colorado Springs. The scattered storms linger into the evening and affect La Junta and Lamar significantly from 6-8 pm. High temperature will be right around 80 degrees for Colorado Springs and a few degrees warmer than that
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Tonight, we will see another chance of showers and thunderstorms across the Pikes Peak Region and the Eastern Plains. Some of the storms could be severe with large hail and strong, damaging winds. An isolated tornado isn’t out of the question as the storm tracks eastward across the Eastern Plains. It will be a breezy
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Today: Warm temperatures continue with highs in the 80s for Colorado Springs and Pueblo. We begin the day with a cloudy but mild morning and then through the evening and overnight hours thunderstorms pop up at 5-6 pm in El Paso County and the San Luis Valley. Mountain areas in the high country get multiple
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OTERO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Around 5:20 p.m., the National Weather Service confirmed a tornado approximately 1.5 miles west of Fowler in Otero County. The tornado was reported by storm spotters. According to weather spotters, the tornado initially developed as a landspout, forming from the ground upward before connecting with the parent thunderstorm above. National
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We are tracking a Severe Weather Risk for a good chunk of southern Colorado late this afternoon, with the primary risk happening late in the evening and into the overnight hours. We could see some isolated severe storms around the 5- 6 p.m. time frame, but the bulk of the storms will fire up later
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TODAY: We’re tracking another warm and windy day (which means fire danger) with highs in the low 90s in Colorado Springs and high 90s in Pueblo with 20-30 MPH gusts. A few severe storms are possible along and east of I-25 from the evening to the overnight hours. These storms could produce large, damaging and
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