Colorado Springs is forecast for a generally nice and mild Saturday — certainly nicer than last weekend.

Starting the day, we'll have some light fog over Monument Hill, and patchy low clouds in other areas. Through the morning, we'll generally have a northerly wind - which is cold and dry. Thank last night's gusty cold front which brought widespread 40-60 mph wind gusts to southern Colorado.

By lunch we should reach the low 50s with our airflow switching to a southeasterly direction around a high moving northeast of the state. This will pull moisture back in from the Gulf of Mexico in what is known as "return flow" in meteorology - basically the airflow we often get after a cold front on the western edge of a high-pressure system. This moisture will work into our southern and central mountains during the afternoon producing clouds and eventually scattered showers with a few rumbles of thunder.

While our low-level winds will be out of the southeast, our mid-level winds will be out of the southwest. This will cause these showers to push off the mountains and into the I-25 corridor between 4-8 p.m. tonight depending on what time showers end up getting started. They'll be low-impact and isolated in the Pikes Peak Region.

Highs today will reach the low 60s - about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. Winds this afternoon will be mildly breezy - 10-15 mph sustained, with 25 mph gusts.

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Sunday generally looks nice - it's dry, sunny and warm. It will be windy on the eastern plains, and in the mountains, during the afternoon. In the Pikes Peak Region we'll have wind gusts of around 30 mph Sunday afternoon, ramping up Sunday night to Monday morning, when gusts above 50 mph are possible.

These strong wind gusts continue Monday afternoon when we're likely to see the strongest southwest winds. Winds die down a bit Monday night before cranking again Tuesday afternoon but slightly weaker than on Monday. Winds further ramp down on Wednesday but remain breezy.

This will result in elevated fire danger Monday through Wednesday, but it will be tempered by wetter fuels with our spring green up in full swing. Nonetheless, it's going to be a period worth watching.

Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70s on Sunday, 60s Monday, and upper 60s to low 70s again on Tuesday before dropping to the low 60s Wednesday. Our next storm system will approach toward the end of next week.