After enduring three consecutive La Niña winters, El Niño has taken over the globe once again intensifying in unusually rapid fashion. As of writing in mid-October, a strong El Niño is underway with impacts that will stretch globally in the months to come. We take a look at the current state of ENSO and what to expect from Mother Nature this winter across the Front Range lower elevations and Mountains.
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The week ahead will usher in persistent unseasonable warmth and sunshine to Front Range Colorado. There’s a better chance of setting record high temperatures this week than there will be to see any kind of precipitation. We are watching a couple of cold fronts, but they will be the dry variety with temperatures not even dropping below normal on their backside. Upper-level ridging will continue to push in from the West Coast for the weekend keeping things pleasant and dry through at least Sunday for our area. As you might imagine, there’s no chance of snow or additional sub-freezing temperatures in the pipeline.
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- The Colorado Buffaloes football game Friday night in Boulder begins at 8PM — there will be nice weather but cold with temperatures in the 30s throughout the game under clear skies
- The first hard freeze of the season is possible but is now looking less likely for the Metro area Friday night as high clouds will move in overnight
- The same clouds will be be around early Saturday morning, possibly impacting the view of the annular solar eclipse
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The first real storm of the season is heading towards Colorado, but unfortunately it will track too far north limiting the overall impacts to the Denver Metro area. While the Mountains are poised to receive plenty of snow from this system, the lower elevations will see just a little bit of rain alongside gusty downslope winds. In the wake of the storm, temperatures are expected to drop below freezing Friday night bringing an end to the growing season for many plants. Let’s take a look at the latest timing of the rain and snow and discuss the drastic change in temperatures headed our way!
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All is quiet to kick off the week in the Front Range with high pressure in place across the Rockies. Temperatures will start out close to 80 degrees Monday and Tuesday but that won’t last long. All eyes are on a potent autumn storm system moving in from the Pacific Northwest later this week. Model uncertainty is somewhat high in regards to the storm’s track, but consensus currently would indicate a decent chance of rain in the Denver Metro area with snow possible along the Wyoming border and in our nearby Mountains. Things could certainly change as we get closer though. Either way, it will be a colder end to the week with the first freeze of the season possible Friday and/or Saturday mornings.
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