Author: Ben Castellani (Page 141 of 358)

WDetailed Forecast Discussion: elcome to the first day of meteorological winter which runs from now until the end of February and is defined as the three coldest months in the Northern Hemisphere. Not fittingly at all, we kick off the winter season with near-record high temperatures across the Front Range today. A large but flat ridge of high pressure continues …

WDetailed Forecast Discussion: hile not record-breaking, yesterday's temperatures were very warm across the Front Range. Boulder reported a high of 74°F, while Denver notched 72°F. In general, there is still broad but flat ridging in place across the western United States, while a deep trough stays the course over the East Coast. It will be much colder today behind the …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he trough axis which brought a light round of snow to the area yesterday has pushed east of Colorado with dry northwest flow taking over. Today's 500mb vorticity forecast map from the GFS model is shown below. Notice how the trough stretches from the Great Lakes into Kansas where it pivots towards a weak cut-off low in …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he beautiful weather we had yesterday will continue for this Tuesday as Colorado remains under a warm downslope pattern with winds aloft out of the southwest. There is a trough headed our way from the Pacific Northwest right now, but that will be a concern for tomorrow. For today expect another great one with morning sun transitioning …