Enjoy warm weather - snow may be next

Enjoy the higher than normal temperatures and warm winds today, as the National Weather Service is predicting snow for the Pikes Peak region Sunday.

Forecasters expect today to be mostly sunny, with high temperatures near 67. Expect the winds to kick up as high as 35 mph.

A "red flag" warning has been issued for El Paso County today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., which means the windy conditions combined with low humidity and higher temperatures could create "erratic fire behavior if a fire starts Saturday afternoon," according to the NWS.

Temperatures are expected to dip to freezing tonight and the flurries could fly as soon as 11 a.m. Sunday, according to NWS forecasters. About 1 to 3 inches of snow is possible Sunday with high temperatures reaching only 35 degrees and gusts as high as 45 mph.

TRAFFIC ALERT FOR NEXT WEEK

Crack sealing operations are scheduled on U.S. Highway 24 next week, west of Colorado Springs, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Starting Monday, and continuing through Friday, drivers can expect a right or left lane closures at various locations on westbound U.S. 24 from west of Cascade to the Woodland Park area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

SATURDAY SPORTS

-Colorado College hosts Minnesota State-Mankato in hockey at 7 p.m. on 103.9 FM. Air Force hockey hosts American International at 7 p.m. on 1300 AM.

-The Pan American Championships wrestling event is at OTC Sports Center I, 9 a.m., finals 4:30 p.m. Air Force hosts the Mountain West Conference Championships track and field event all day. Air Force also hosts Army in men's lacrosse at noon. Colorado College host Washington & Lee at 1 p.m. in men's lacrosse.

-Highlighting the day in preps is girls basketball games at 7 p.m. at Palmer, Air Academy (actually Discovery Canyon), and Sierra at 1 p.m. on 105.5 FM/1240 AM. The high school hockey state final between Regis and Battle Mountain is at World Arena at 1:30 p.m..

-Air Force's men's basketball team visits BYU at 7 on 740 AM.

-The Colorado Avalanche hosts L.A. at 6 on Altitude (950 AM).

-In men's college basketball it's: Duke at North Carolina State, 10 a.m., CBS; Pittsburgh at Syracuse, 10 a.m., ESPN; Wright State at Valparaiso, 10 a.m., ESPN2; Nebraska at Oklahoma State, 11:30 a.m., ALT; Georgetown at Marquette, noon, CBS; Texas A&M at Oklahoma, noon, ESPN; Wichita State at Drake, noon, ESPN2; North Carolina at Boston College, 1:30 p.m., ABC; Texas at Texas Tech, 2 p.m., CBS; Missouri at Baylor, 2 p.m., ALT; Ohio State at Minnesota, 2 p.m., ESPN; Washington State at Stanford, 2 p.m., FSN; and Kansas State at Kansas, 7 p.m., ESPN.

-In auto racing, the Sam's Town 300 Nationwide race has qualifying at 10 a.m. and the race at 2:30 p.m., both on the SPEED channel. UAW-Dodge 400 practice is at 11:30 a.m and 12:30 p.m. on SPEED.

-In women's basketball, Arizona State is at USC, noon, FSN.

-The PGA Honda Classic is at 1 on NBC. The women's HSBC Champions is taped on the Golf channel at 4:30 p.m.

-American Cup gymnastics is at 11 a.m. on NBC

SATURDAY EVENTS

-Colorado ballroom instruction and dance, 7-7:30 p.m. for new dancers, 7:30-9:30 p.m. dance, The Carriage Stop, 2700 Robinson St. No partner required. No smoking or alcohol, $5.