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Winter Weather Update: After a month-long break, another spring snowstorm begins late Friday afternoon

After a month long hiatus, widespread accumulating snowfall will return to the Front Range late Friday as a classic jet-forced banded snowfall event unfolds across the area. While final snowfall totals will undoubtedly vary from location to location, we discuss the latest details of the springtime snowflakes knocking on our door, including when things will commence and expected travel impacts.

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Premium This Weekend in Colorado Weather: A few days of winter weather ahead, but we’ll be back into the 70s by Sunday!

Alight smattering of rain, drizzle, snow and freezing drizzle fell across the Front Range overnight. There is still some areas of drizzle falling in and near the lower Foothills, including from Boulder, to Golden and Roxborough. Temperatures in these areas range from 29 to 32°F so this is indeed freezing drizzle. Use caution if traveling this morning out there. Wet …

This Week in Colorado Weather: April 15, 2024

Warm temperatures, low humidity, and strong gusty winds will start our week with continued fire danger across the Plains. A strong area of low pressure will also bring the threat of rain showers late Monday into Tuesday to the Denver Metro area, with heavy snow piling up in the Mountains. Later in the week, a cold front will slide down ushering in below normal temperatures and upslope flow. A prolonged period of unsettled weather will follow this front, with even some late-season snow possible in the Metro area and heavy snow looking likely in the Foothills. Read on to find out more.

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Premium This Weekend in Colorado Weather: Nothing but sunshine and fire danger in the extended forecast

Whether you like it or not, the extended forecast for the Front Range will be mostly sunny, dry and warm as a broad ridge of high pressure sits over the area for the next several days. At the same time, a closed trough will slowly approach with increasingly strong flow aloft taking over across Colorado from the southwest. This will …

Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 04/09/24 | A mild & sunny Tuesday, plus a look at yesterday’s eclipse

Aswath of drier air has setup aloft over northern Colorado today and that will lead to a quiet and sunny Tuesday for us. A southern-track low continues to spin to our south near the nub of New Mexico with minimal to no influence on our weather expected here in the Front Range. Today will be sunny and mild --- expect …

This Week in Colorado Weather: April 8, 2024

After the very windy weekend, our weather in the Front Range will turn much quieter for the week ahead. Temperatures will fluctuate between the 50s and the 70s throughout the week with only one minor chance to pick up any precipitation. The upcoming weekend will see temperatures soar towards 80 degrees with fire danger unfortunately on the rise. Read on for all the details.

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Forecast Update: Weekend storm offers little in the way of precipitation, but could produce winds up to 100 MPH around Boulder

An exceptionally strong spring storm is approaching Colorado which will develop into a big ol’ blizzard in the coming days. However, unlike the last few storms which have been direct hits on the Front Range, this one will track further north leading to more wind than precipitation in our area. After a warm and gusty Friday with high fire danger, the incoming storm will bring colder temperatures and a brief chance of rain/snow showers on Saturday. The biggest impacts from this system, though, will come in the form of prolonged damaging downslope winds. We take a look at the large-scale atmospheric setup and discuss the potential snowfall amounts and which unlucky areas have a chance at wind gusts up to 100 MPH this weekend.

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